的(de): of
HSK 18 strokes
Readingsdedìdídī
of
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Character information
- Pinyin
- de / dì / dí / dī
- Meaning
- of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 的 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 的 step by step
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Words with 的
Common words using 的 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)
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