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翟

dí

Character

What 翟 means

1. long-tail pheasant

Other readings

翟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Dísurname Di; variant of {狄|Dí}, generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin
• Zháisurname Zhai

Words starting with 翟

• 翟志刚Zhái Zhì gāngZhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut
• 翟理斯Zhái lǐ sīHerbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the…

Words containing 翟

• 墨翟Mò Díoriginal name of Mozi 墨子
• 威翟Wēi ZháiWade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)

Characters built on 隹

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

• 集jíto gather; to collect; collected works
• 雌cífemale; Taiwan pr. cī
• 稚zhìinfantile; young
• 雉zhìringed pheasant

Characters that look like 翟

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

• 摩móto rub
• 履lǚshoe; to tread on
• 窟kūcave; hole
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 蓓bèiused in 蓓蕾
• 筱xiǎodwarf bamboo; thin bamboo

Sounds the same

Read dí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敌(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 迪to enlighten
• 笛flute
• 狄low ranking public official (old)
• 涤to wash; to cleanse
• 的really and truly
• 嫡(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶
• 嘀used in 嘀咕
• 荻Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed); used in Japanese names with phonetic value…
• 籴to buy up (grain)
• 篴flute
• 觌face to face