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绨

tí

Character Traditional 綈

What 绨 means

1. coarse greenish black pongee

Characters built on 弟

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

• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 梯tī(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 剃tìto shave
• 涕tìtears; nasal mucus
• 睇dì(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕

Sounds the same

Read tí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 题topic; problem for discussion; exam question
• 提to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 啼(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot…
• 蹄hoof; pig's trotters
• 缇orange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 鹈used in 鹈鹕
• 醍used in 醍醐
• 媞used as phonetic; female name
• 禔well-being
• 鳀anchovy
• 荑(grass)
• 厗old stone or mineral, possibly related to antimony Sb 锑