IDENTITY
弟dìyounger brother
HSK 1Top 880
CORE MEANING
younger brother
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- informal
Senses
- 1.younger brotherHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 弓bow radical (gōng)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- overlay compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱丷𢎨
- the strands hanging down
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
弟弟dìdiyounger brother
兄弟xiōngdìbrothers
Graded examples
我弟弟喜欢踢足球。Wǒ dìdi xǐhuan tī zúqiú.HSK2
My younger brother likes playing football.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
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LEARNING
Memory aid
Rope-bound order: the younger brother comes after the elder.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #880
- 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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