带(dài)

HSK 29 strokesTrad. 帶

band

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Character information

Pinyin
dài
Meaning
band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:条; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
帶

Origin & structure

Where 带 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱卅⿱冖巾

A belt, creasing one's robe above 卅 but not below 巾

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

卅sà冖mì巾jīn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 帶: A belt, creasing one's robe above 卌 but not below 巾

How to write 带 step by step

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

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Words with 带

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

dài带lái来
HSK 2

to bring

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yī一dài带
HSK 5

region; area

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dì地dài带
HSK 5

zone

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bù不dài带

not to have; without; un-

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pèi佩dài带

to wear (as accessories); carry at the waist

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yī一bǐ笔dài带guò过

(idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic)

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yī一yī衣dài带shuǐ水

(separated only by) a narrow strip of water

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yà亚rè热dài带

subtropical (zone or climate)

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万且业为主举久乐

From 带’s common words

来一地不佩笔过衣

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