tí
weep
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 帝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嗁.
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 啼
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to weep endlessly | ||
to cry | ||
between laughter and tears | ||
to cry | ||
plaintive cry |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.lˤe | dej | tí | weep, howl |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.9771% of movies
3186th most common character in movies
2913th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+557C |
Sources
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