IDENTITY
得déto get; to obtain; particle
HSK 1Top 60
CORE MEANING
to get; to obtain; particle
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to get; to obtainHSK1
- 2.structural particle (de)HSK1
- 3.must (děi)HSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 彳step radical (chì)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰彳㝵
- steps; conduct
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
得到dédàoto get
觉得juédeto feel
记得jìdeto remember
Graded examples
他得了第一名，很高兴。Tā dé le dì-yī míng, hěn gāoxìng.HSK2
He got first place and is very happy.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Steps (彳) that finally seize the prize — to obtain. (The most common character in Chinese.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #60
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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