dǐ
resist
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
dǐ
resist, oppose; deny; off-set; to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to equal; to balance; to make up for; to mortgage; to arrive at; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhǐ] for this sense)
Most common words with 抵
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to resist | ||
to arrive | ||
to support | ||
to put up collateral | ||
to resist |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤijʔ | tejX | dǐ | push away |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 18.6769% of movies
1609th most common character in movies
1119th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+62B5 |
Shuowen | “抵，擠也。从手，氐聲。” |
Sources
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