蒂

dì

#1,427 most

frequent character

stem (of fruit)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

蒂 pairs 艹 plants with 帝 dì as the sound part. It first meant the stem joining a plant to its flower or fruit. From there it grew to the stem or butt of a cigarette.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

variant of 蒂[di4]

Homophones

to hand over, to pass on sth

auxiliary word for ordinal numbers (second )

(bound form) bull's-eye, target

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