dài

belt

Pictograph of a woven belt.

Evolution

帶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
帶 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
帶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
帶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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dài

belt, girdle, band, strap, zone; band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:|[tiáo]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise

Most common words with 帶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

band

带来

to bring

带走

to carry

带领

to guide

带动

to spur

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.tˤa[t]-s

tajH

dài

girdle, strap


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 97.1008% of movies

182nd most common character in movies

342nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

Unicode

U+5E36

Shuowen

“帶,紳也。男子鞶帶,婦人帶絲,象繫佩之形。佩必有巾,从巾。”


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