Dong Chinese dictionary

dǐ

official residence

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

氐 Sound component

dī, dǐ

bottom

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dǐ

official residence, residence of; residence of a high-ranking official; lodging-house

Dǐ

surname Di

Most common words with 邸

Sources