IDENTITY
地dìground; place; particle (de)
HSK 1Top 50
CORE MEANING
ground; place; particle (de)
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.ground; landHSK1
- 2.placeHSK2
- 3.particle (de)HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 土earth radical (tǔ)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰土也
- earth
- gives the sound dì/de (historical)
USAGE
Common words
地方dìfangplace
地图dìtúmap
地铁dìtiěsubway
Graded examples
这个地方很安静。Zhège dìfang hěn ānjìng.HSK2
This place is very quiet.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The earth (土) that is everywhere (也) — the ground, the place.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #50
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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