Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.
Components
广 Meaning component
yǎn roof
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
Notes
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Historical Evolution
底
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
底
Regular
Modern
Chinese
底 [de]
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
底 [dǐ]
background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
底 そこ
Soko surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
到底 [dàodǐ] #350
finally
彻底 [chèdǐ] #1,624
thorough
彻底 [chèdǐ] #1,624
thorough
年底 [niándǐ] #21,573
the end of the year
底下 [dǐxia] #2,710
the location below sth
底线 [dǐxiàn] #5,289
to underline
底线 [dǐxiàn] #5,289
to underline
心底 [xīndǐ] #7,220
bottom of one's heart
卧底 [wòdǐ] #3,622
to hide (as an undercover agent)
卧底 [wòdǐ] #3,622
to hide (as an undercover agent)
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JAPANESE WORDS (165)
⭐ 徹底的 [てっていてき] #2,964
thorough
心底 [しんそこ] #3,832
bottom of one's heart
心の底 [こころのそこ] #3,950
bottom of one's heart
⭐ 到底 [とうてい] #4,210
(cannot) possibly
⭐ 徹底 [てってい] #5,701
thoroughness
奥底 [おくそこ] #9,874
depths
心の奥底 [こころのおくそこ] #12,071
innermost depths of one's heart
⭐ 海底 [かいてい] #13,147
bottom of the ocean
⭐ 根底 [こんてい] #13,926
root
どん底 [どんぞこ] #16,704
very bottom
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