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蹄

tí

Character

What 蹄 means

1. hoof
2. pig's trotters

Other readings

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

• tívariant of {蹄|tí}

Words starting with 蹄

• 蹄子tí zihoof; (old) wench; hussy
• 蹄印tí yìnhoofprint
• 蹄膀tí pangupper part of a pig's leg
• 蹄髈tí pangvariant of 蹄膀

Words containing 蹄

• 马蹄mǎ tíhorse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
• 马不停蹄mǎ bù tíng tíunrelenting; without stopping to rest
• 猪蹄zhū típig trotters
• 铁蹄tiě tíiron hoof (of the oppressor)
• 偶蹄ǒu tíartiodactyl (zoology)
• 偶蹄目ǒu tí mùArtiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
• 偶蹄类ǒu tí lèiArtiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
• 口蹄疫kǒu tí yìfoot-and-mouth disease (FMD); aphthous fever
• 奇蹄目jī tí mùPerissodactyla; order of odd-toed ungulate (including horse, tapir, rhinoceros)
• 奇蹄类jī tí lèiPerissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates, such as horses, zebras etc)
• 马蹄形mǎ tí xínghorseshoe shape
• 马蹄莲mǎ tí liáncalla; calla lily
• 马蹄蟹mǎ tí xièhorseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
• 马蹄铁mǎ tí tiěhorseshoe
• 有蹄动物yǒu tí dòng wùungulates (animals with hooves)
• 马失前蹄mǎ shī qián tílit. the horse loses its front hooves; fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or…
• 马蹄星云Mǎ tí xīng yúnOmega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
• 人有失手，马有失蹄rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tílit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)…

Characters built on 帝

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 啼tí(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot…
• 谛dìto examine; truth (Buddhism)
• 碲dìtellurium (chemistry)
• 啻chìonly (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

Characters that look like 蹄

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

• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 蹋tàto step on
• 璜huángsemicircular jade ornament
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar

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…
• 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
• 绨coarse greenish black pongee