梯

tī
#1,670 most
frequent character
ladder, stairs

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

梯 pairs 木 wood with 弟 dì for the sound. Its first meaning was wooden stairs. That grew to steps or stairs, and then to ladder.

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Homophones

踢tī
kick
体tī
used in 體己|体己[ti1ji5], Taiwan pr. [ti3]

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