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牒

dié

Character

What 牒 means

1. (official) document
2. dispatch

Words starting with 牒

• 牒谱dié pǔgenealogy; family tree; same as 谱牒

Words containing 牒

• 最后通牒zuì hòu tōng diéultimatum
• 度牒dù diéBuddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government
• 戒牒jiè diéBuddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities
• 文牒wén diéofficial document
• 谱牒pǔ diégenealogical record; record of ancestors; family tree
• 通牒tōng diédiplomatic note
• 通关文牒tōng guān wén diépassport

Characters built on 枼

These share the phonetic component 枼 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 谍diéto spy
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 碟diédish; plate
• 喋diéused in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 鲽diéflatfish; flounder; sole
• 渫xièto get rid of; to discharge; to dredge
• 堞diébattlements
• 蹀diéto tread on; to stamp one's foot

Characters that look like 牒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 煤méicoal
• 碟diédish; plate

Sounds the same

Read dié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蝶(bound form) butterfly
• 叠to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold
• 谍to spy
• 碟dish; plate
• 迭alternately; repeatedly
• 喋used in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 耋aged; in one's eighties
• 鲽flatfish; flounder; sole
• 眣prominent eyes
• 垤anthill; mound
• 堞battlements
• 咥gnaw; bite