Chinese Character Wiki
戴

dài

wear on the head

Depicts two hands putting something on top of the head (異). The 𢦏 and 異 components both represent the sound.

Components
𢦏 sound component

𢦏  Sound component

zāi

  

to cut

異 sound,iconic component

異  Sound Iconic component

yì

  

different

Depicts two hands putting something on top of the head.

Evolution

戴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戴 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
戴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戴  

dài

wear on top; support; to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support

戴  

Dài

surname Dai

Most common words with 戴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

戴

to bear

戴尔

Dell

戴上

to put on (hat etc)

戴维斯

Davis or Davies (name)

佩戴

to wear (as accessories)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.tˤək-s

tojH

dài

carry on the head


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 40.3172% of movies

808th most common character in movies

1228th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+6234

Shuowen

“戴，分物得增益曰戴。从異，聲。”


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