Read Edit View history 弟 dì HSK1 younger brother Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a rope neatly wrapped around a weapon handle. Based on the original meaning "orderly". The meaning later shifted to "next in sequence" (now written as 第) and "younger brother". Pinyin Separate values with commas dì ×di × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 弟 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 332, 781 ], [ 405, 738 ], [ 438, 695 ] ], [ [ 631, 852 ], [ 651, 832 ], [ 660, 812 ], [ 582, 727 ], [ 537, 688 ] ], [ [ 316, 591 ], [ 338, 585 ], [ 374, 588 ], [ 520, 620 ], [ 675, 645 ], [ 699, 638 ], [ 721, 608 ], [ 695, 552 ], [ 667, 538 ] ], [ [ 314, 453 ], [ 336, 443 ], [ 657, 504 ], [ 709, 504 ], [ 727, 497 ] ], [ [ 257, 470 ], [ 276, 449 ], [ 285, 424 ], [ 262, 322 ], [ 262, 296 ], [ 290, 294 ], [ 424, 327 ], [ 768, 383 ], [ 811, 379 ], [ 827, 365 ], [ 845, 338 ], [ 798, 205 ], [ 775, 168 ], [ 760, 157 ], [ 665, 209 ] ], [ [ 489, 594 ], [ 515, 571 ], [ 519, 316 ], [ 514, -48 ] ], [ [ 486, 314 ], [ 414, 213 ], [ 338, 135 ], [ 274, 84 ], [ 157, 24 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 353 743 Q 381 719 412 691 Q 425 679 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