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狄 - dí

tribe from northern china; surnam

tribe from northern china; surnam

How to read 狄

Click 狄 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishtribe from northern china; surnam
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

夷狄 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 狄仁杰. Please read 狄公案 one more time.

Common words with this character

non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians
Di Renjie , Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends; master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
Dee Gong An Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
Theodor

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 狄 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 夷狄 and 狄仁杰 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 狄.