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topic

HSK 10 N3
ダイ
Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "forehead". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
page+ be =
topic
Meaning component
page
Depicts a head.
Phonetic component
shì be
variant of 是[shì]
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [Tí]
surname Ti
/ [tí]
topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[gè],道[dào]
Japanese
だい 同音
  1. noun title; subject; theme; topic
  2. noun problem (on a test); question
  3. n-sufcounter counter for questions (on a test)
Example Sentences