地(dì)

HSK 16 strokes
Readingsdìde

-ly

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Character information

Pinyin
dì / de
Meaning
-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 地 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰土也

In this compound, the meaning comes from 土 (earth); 也 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

土tǔ也yě

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 地 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 地

Common words using 地 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

nèi内dì地
HSK 6

mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)

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xià下dì地

to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be…

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fú伏dì地

to lie prostrate

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sì似dì地

(used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地[shi4 de5]) like (X); as if (X); Ta…

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yī一xí席zhī之dì地

(acknowledged) place

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yī一bài败tú涂dì地

lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)

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shàng上tiān天rù入dì地

lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)

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bù不bài败zhī之dì地

(idiom) invincible position

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From 地’s common words

内下伏似一席之败

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