涕

tì
#3,000 most
frequent character
tears, nasal mucus

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

涕 has 氵, water, as the meaning part and 弟 dì as the sound part. It first meant tears. From there it grew to mean nasal mucus.

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Homophones

替tì
replace, substitute, take the place of

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