(): to enlighten

() is a Chinese character meaning “to enlighten.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #1431 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, to walk 辶 with purpose 由. Its radical form (walk) appears in many related characters such as (biān, side), (guò, to pass, past), (hái, still, return).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to enlighten

Etymology & Origin

ideographicTo walk 辶 with purpose 由

Decomposition: ⿺辶由 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
dí kèDick (person name)
ài díEddie (name)
kěn ní díKennedy (name)
dí sī kē(loanword) disco
mài dí xùnMadison (name)
dí sī nísee 迪士尼[Di2 shi4 ni2]
kǎi dí lā kèCadillac
dí bàiDubai
ài dí shēngEdison (name)
dí shì níDisney, American entertainment conglomerate
dí lún(name) Dylan
ào díAudi
bù lóng díBurundi
qǐ díto edify
bāng díBondi (name)
100
Total compounds
22
As first character
29
As last character
49
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 22 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 49 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

0.525115,178 co-occurrences
ài
0.46832,346 co-occurrences
0.46136,408 co-occurrences
0.455133,890 co-occurrences
xùn
0.4537,776 co-occurrences
0.45336,612 co-occurrences
0.45156,886 co-occurrences
0.44478,492 co-occurrences
shì
0.43073,644 co-occurrences
0.42678,468 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (5)

ĀkǎdíyàHSK 7+

Arcadia; Acadia

KētèdíwǎHSK 7+

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)

MójiādíshāHSK 7+

Mogadishu (the capital of Somalia)

MójiādíxiūHSK 7+

Mogadishu (the capital city of Somalia)

Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。

xué xí dí zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Mastering the character "迪" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.

TvbsFeb 2026

...餐厅卷入高金素梅涉贪案 昔“车内密会潘若”险被离婚

. . . cān tīng juǎn rù gāo jīn sù méi shè tān àn xī chē nèi mì huì pān ruò dí xiǎn bèi lí hūn

... The restaurant was involved in Gao Jin Sumei's corruption case, and the former "secret meeting Pan Ruodi in the car" was almost divorced

马来西亚诗华日报新闻网Feb 2026

...平:国盟权力重排,慕尤丁“退而不休”,哈“退而不离”?

. . . píng : guó méng quán lì chóng pái , mù yóu dīng tuì ér bù xiū , hā dí tuì ér bù lí ?

... Ping: BN power rearrangement, Muhyiddin "retreats", Hadi "retreats"?

It之家Feb 2026

不只换轮胎那么简单:比亚详解澳洲车型本地化调校细节,悬架更硬更偏...

bù zhī huàn lún tāi nà má jiǎn dān : bǐ yà dí xiáng jiě ào zhōu chē xíng běn dì huà diào jiào xì jié , xuán jià gēng yìng gēng piān . . .

It's not as simple as changing tires: BYD explains in detail the details of the localization of Australian models, and the suspension is stiffer and more biased...

百度新闻Feb 2026

米兰冬奥|有爱人也有惺惺相惜的对手,王心与瑞士选..

mǐ lán dōng ào yǒu ài rén yě yǒu 惺 惺 xiāng xī de duì shǒu , wáng xīn dí yǔ ruì shì xuǎn . .

Milan Winter Olympics|There are lovers and sympathetic opponents, Wang Xindi and Switzerland choos:

百度新闻Feb 2026

王心:在自己圆梦的同时,也帮助徐梦桃圆梦了

wáng xīn dí : zài zì jǐ yuán mèng de tóng shí , yě bāng zhù xú mèng táo yuán mèng le

Wang Xindi: While realizing his dream, he also helped Xu Mengtao realize his dream

Tatoeba

约翰甘迺被安葬在阿灵顿公墓。

Yuēhàn Gānnǎidí bèi ānzàng zài ā líng dùn gōngmù.

J.F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Tatoeba

克弹钢琴露西唱歌。

Díkè tán gāngqín Lùxī chànggē.

Dick played the piano and Lucy sang.

Tatoeba

他禁止斯库拉再与易尔见面。

Tā jìnzhǐ Sīkùlā zài yǔ Yìdí'ěr jiànmiàn.

He forbade Skura from ever seeing Yidir.

Tatoeba

克劳欧似乎有点担心。

Kè láo dí ōu sìhū yǒudiǎn dānxīn.

Claudio seemed a little concerned.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 迪 (dí) mean in Chinese?
迪 (dí) primarily means "to enlighten." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1431 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 迪 have?
迪 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 迪?
The radical associated with 迪 is 辶 (walk). This radical appears in many characters related to walk.
What are the components of 迪?
迪 is composed of: 辶 (structural), 由 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿺辶由 with a surround-from-lower-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 迪?
Common words with 迪 include: 迪克 (dí kè, "Dick (person name)"); 艾迪 (ài dí, "Eddie (name)"); 肯尼迪 (kěn ní dí, "Kennedy (name)"); 迪斯科 (dí sī kē, "(loanword) disco"); 麦迪逊 (mài dí xùn, "Madison (name)"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 迪 (dí)?
Several characters share the pronunciation dí: 地 (earth, ground), 低 (low), 堤 (dike), 滴 (to drip), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 迪 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 迪 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.