坻 meaning and stroke order
Islet; river delta, embankment; to stop
How to write 坻, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 坻
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- islet
- rock in river
- place name
How 坻 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Earth.
土 gives the meaning and 氐 hints at the sound.
Radical: 土 (soil), shared by 183 characters on this site.
How to remember 坻
Earth 土 on the left shows a patch of land, and 氐 (dǐ) on the right gives the sound. Picture a small mound of earth rising out of a river: that is a 坻 (chí), an islet.
坻 (chí) is a literary word for a small islet or a rock in a river, mostly seen in classical poetry and texts. Read as dǐ, it appears in place names, the best known being 宝坻 (Bǎodǐ), a district of Tianjin. Example: 我住在宝坻。 (Wǒ zhù zài Bǎodǐ.) I live in Baodi.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 坻 with 抵 (dǐ, to resist) and 低 (dī, low), which share the 氐 part but have a hand or person radical instead of earth. Also remember the reading changes: chí for islet, but dǐ in 宝坻.
Questions about 坻
How many strokes are in 坻?
坻 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 坻 mean?
坻 (chí) means islet; river delta, embankment; to stop.
How do you pronounce 坻?
坻 is pronounced chí, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 坻?
The radical of 坻 is 土, which carries the idea of "soil". Dictionaries list 坻 under this radical.
How do I know whether to read 坻 as chí or dǐ?
Use dǐ when it is part of a place name such as 宝坻 (Bǎodǐ). Use chí when the text means an islet or a rock in a river, which is usually in classical writing.
Is 坻 a common word in everyday Chinese?
No. Most people meet it only in the place name 宝坻 or in classical poems. For an islet in modern speech, people usually say 小岛 (xiǎodǎo) or 沙洲 (shāzhōu).