marker for ordinal numbers, like first, second

HSK 2 #114

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 114th character
Radical ⽵ (118.5)
Strokes 11
Index # 2322

Definitions

第 dì
  1. 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
  2. 2. order
  3. 3. just
  4. 4. (literary) but
  5. 5. mansion
  6. 6. (old) rank in the imperial examinations

Stroke order

第 stroke order diagram
第 stroke order animation

Words containing 第

Word Meaning
nictitating membrane (zoology)
Tertiary period in geology
Tertiary period in geology
third tone in Mandarin; falling-rising tone
third tone in Mandarin; falling-rising tone
Second World; communist bloc nations
second place
the second person; (fig.) someone else; third party
the second person; (fig.) someone else; third party
Type 2 diabetes
next day; the morrow
second quarter (of financial year)
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
a new lease of life
the second time; second; number two
World War II
World War II
Second Chinese character simplification plan
Second Scheme for Simplified Chinese characters
secondary industry
secondary industry
second tone in Mandarin; rising tone
second tone in Mandarin; rising tone
second job
second job