dài

blacken eyebrows

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
黑 meaning component

  Meaning component

hēi

  

black

代 sound component

  Sound component

dài

  

replace

Definitions

 

dài

blacken eyebrows; black; umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

Most common words with 黛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

林黛玉

Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉

黛安娜

Diana (goddess in Roman mythology)

奥黛丽

Audrey

粉黛

cosmetics