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= di + Ø4
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
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= ti + Ø4
variant of 悌[ti4]
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How to pronounce 弟

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= di initial

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= ti initial

Ti is for Mother Teresa.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

弟 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= b + a1
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]
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one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
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gōng = gu + (e)ng1
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
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gǔn = gu + (e)n3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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shù = shu + Ø4
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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丿
piě = pi + e3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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Characters with 弟 as component

= ti + Ø1
ladder / stairs
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= ti + Ø4
shave / to weed
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= ti + Ø4
to shave
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Words with 弟

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brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal

Sentences with 弟

méi
shān
xiōng
tīng
lìng

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Jesse James is a man with a thick, dark handlebar mustache and intense eyes, wearing a weathered, charcoal-gray wool frock coat over a high-collared white linen shirt. He features a rugged, clean-shaven jawline, slicked-back dark hair, and a leather gun belt cinched tightly around his waist.