HSK 1

(de): earth, ground, soil

de

earth, ground, soil

Pinyin

de

HSK Level

Level 1

Characters

1

English Meaning

earth, ground, soil

How to Write (de)

is written in 6 strokes. Follow the stroke order below, drawing each highlighted stroke in turn.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

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Origin of

A phono-semantic compound: 土 (earth) carries the meaning, and 也 hints at the pronunciation.

What is Made Of

is built from 2 components:

soil, earth
also, too

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Words Using

Common Chinese words that contain :

土地

tǔdì

地位

dìwèi

地势

dìshì

地区

dìqū

地图

dìtú

地址

dìzhǐ

地方

dìfang

地步

dìbù

地毯

dìtǎn

地点

dìdiǎn

地球

dìqiú

地理

dìlǐ

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