deděi

obtain

Depicts a hand () grabbing a shell (), used as currency in ancient China, to convey the meaning "get". Originally written as . The (movement) component was added later.

Components
彳 meaning component

  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

is a component form of .

貝 iconic component

  Iconic component

bèi

  

sea shell

寸 iconic component

  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

得 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
得 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
得 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

obtain, get, gain, acquire; to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished

 

de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

 

děi

to have to; must; ought to; to need to

Most common words with 得
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to get

觉得

to think

得到

to get

获得

to obtain

记得

to remember

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤək

tok

obtain


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 99.9359% of movies

38th most common character in movies

39th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5F97

Shuowen

“得,行有所得也。从彳,聲。,古文省彳。”


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