tribe from northern China

frequency
Di proper name
Chinese surname

Di Renjie was a famous statesman of the Tang Dynasty.

Di people noun
generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)

In history class, we studied the interactions between the ancient Central Plains regimes and the Beidi tribes.

official noun
a low-ranking public official in ancient China

Ancient texts mention that this minor official named Di was primarily responsible for organizing documents.

Frequency

Character
Written text
2,219th most common 28.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,934th most common 21.6 per million appears in 5% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.33 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.01 per million

Details

Strokes
7
Unicode
U+72C4

Sources