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鞮

dī

Character

What 鞮 means

1. leather shoes

Other readings

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

• Dīsurname Di

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
• 醍tíused in 醍醐
• 鳀tíanchovy

Sounds the same

Read dī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 低low; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 滴to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 堤dike; Taiwan pr. tí
• 的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士
• 嘀(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 提used in 提防
• 啲some; few; a little (Cantonese)
• 镝dysprosium (chemistry)
• 羝billy goat; ram
• 鍉spoon; key
• 氐name of an ancient tribe