de

bottom

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎnguǎng

  

roof

氐 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

bottom

Evolution

底 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
底 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bottom, underneath, underside; background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix

 

de

(equivalent to as possessive particle)

Most common words with 底
Freq.
Word
Meaning

到底

finally

bottom

彻底

thorough

年底

year-end

底下

afterwards