递

遞
dì
HSK 5
#1,536 most
frequent character
to hand over, to pass on sth
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

递 has 辶 for walking and movement as the meaning part, with 弟 dì giving the sound. It first meant to change or alternate in succession. The sense grew to successively, then to hand over, and to forward.

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Example Sentences

请把这封信递给他。
qǐng bǎ zhè fēng xìn dì gěi tā 。
Please hand this letter to him.
风筝在风中逐渐递升。
fēngzhēng zài fēngzhōng zhújiàn dìshēng 。
The kite gradually ascends in the wind.
老师让我递交我的作业。
lǎoshī ràng wǒ dìjiāo wǒde zuòyè 。
The teacher asked me to hand in my homework.

Words with similar meanings

交jiāo
to hand over
More commonly used for handing over items or responsibilities.
传chuán
to pass
Often used to refer to passing on information or messages.

Homophones

第dì
auxiliary word for ordinal numbers (second )
地dì
ground
帝dì
emperor
的dì
(bound form) bull's-eye, target
蒂dì
stem (of fruit)

Words Starting With 递

递增dì zēng
to increase by degrees; in increasing order; incremental; progressive

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