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醍

tí

Character

What 醍 means

1. used in {醍醐|tí hú}

Words starting with 醍

• 醍醐tí húrefined cream cheese; fig. crème de la crème; nirvana
• 醍醐灌顶tí hú guàn dǐnglit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom)…

Characters built on 是

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

• 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 题títopic; problem for discussion; exam question
• 匙shiused in 钥匙
• 堤dīdike; Taiwan pr. tí
• 缇tíorange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 鳀tíanchovy
• 鞮dīleather shoes

Characters that look like 醍

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

• 醒xǐngto wake up; to be awake; to become aware
• 踩cǎito step on; to tread; to stamp
• 醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 醛quánaldehyde
• 鲲kūnfry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏
• 鹬yùcommon snipe; sandpiper

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
• 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