Chinese Character Wiki
对

duì

correct

Original meaning: 

develop land

Simplified form of 對. Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".

Components
又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the left half of 對.

寸 iconic component

寸  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

对 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
对 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
对 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
对 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
对 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
对 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

对 (對) 

duì

correct, right; facing, opposed; right; correct; couple; pair; towards; at; for; to face; opposite; to treat (sb a certain way); to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; classifier: couple

Most common words with 对
Freq.
Word
Meaning

对

right

对不起

unworthy

对于

regarding

绝对

absolute

面对

to confront

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

怼

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

树

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.8879% of movies

42nd most common character in movies

33rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

對

Unicode

U+5BF9


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