度 (dù): degree, to measure
度 (dù) is a Chinese character meaning “degree, to measure.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural). It ranks #184 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 度 twenty 廿 people 又 meeting inside a building 广 to deliberate. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).
Definitions
- degree, to measure
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTwenty 廿 people 又 meeting inside a building 广 to deliberate
Decomposition: ⿸广⿱廿又 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 度
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 速度noun | sù dù | speed | 4 |
| 态度noun | tài du | manner | 4 |
| 角度noun | jiǎo dù | angle | 5 |
| 程度noun | chéng dù | degree | 5 |
| 度假verb | dù jià | to go on holidays | 4 |
| 高度noun/adjective | gāo dù | height | 5 |
| 过度adjective | guò dù | excessive | 5 |
| 温度noun | wēn dù | temperature | 4 |
| 年度noun | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) | 6 |
| 难度noun | nán dù | degree of difficulty | 5 |
| 制度noun | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) | 5 |
| 深度noun/adjective | shēn dù | depth | 5 |
| 进度noun | jìn dù | rate of progress | 6 |
| 季度noun | jì dù | quarter of a year | 5 |
| 长度noun | cháng dù | length | 5 |
| 强度noun | qiáng dù | strength | 5 |
| 限度noun | xiàn dù | limitation | 6 |
| 力度noun | lì dù | strength | 6 |
| 密度noun | mì dù | density | 6 |
| 热度noun | rè dù | level of heat | 6 |
| 幅度noun | fú dù | width | 6 |
| 摄氏度measure | shè shì dù | °C (degrees Celsius) | 4 |
| 湿度noun | shī dù | humidity level | 6 |
| 适度adjective | shì dù | moderately | 6 |
| 宽度noun | kuān dù | width | 5 |
| 厚度noun | hòu dù | thickness | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 度过 | dù guò | to pass |
| 极度 | jí dù | extremely |
| 国度 | guó dù | country |
| 风度 | fēng dù | elegance (for men) |
| 浓度 | nóng dù | concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) |
| 超度 | chāo dù | to surpass |
| 调度 | diào dù | to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) |
| 纯度 | chún dù | purity |
度 appears in 100 compound words: 11 as the first character, 89 as the last, and 0 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 度 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 度.
Example Sentences
室内温度保持在二十五度，是最舒适的环境。
Shìnèi wēndù bǎochí zài èrshíwǔ dù, shì zuì shūshì de huánjìng.
The indoor temperature is maintained at 25 degrees, which is the most comfortable environment.
印度AI峰会现尴尬一幕:在总理莫迪出席的场合...
yìn dù A I fēng huì xiàn gān gà yī mù : zài zǒng lǐ mò dí chū xí de chǎng gě . . .
India's AI summit is now an embarrassing scene: on the occasion attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
...2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓度有..
. . . bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng dù yǒu . .
... ...2,000 times Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture has detected a high concentration of groundwater with...
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nián shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán bào gào chuàng xīn chuán bō sù dù dá lì shǐ xīn gāo
2026 World Intellectual Property Report: Innovation Dissemination Reaches Historic High
印度声称将斥巨资建数据中心
yìn dù shēng chèn jiāng chì jù zī jiàn shǔ jù zhōng xīn
India claims it will invest heavily in building data centers
国际贵金属价格持续走高,现货黄金再度站上5000美..
guó jì guì jīn shǔ jiè gé chí xù zǒu gāo , xiàn huò huáng jīn zài dù zhàn shǎng měi . .
International precious metal prices continue to climb, with spot gold once again surpassing the $5,000 mark.
你喜欢棒球到什么程度？
Nǐ xǐhuan bàngqiú dào shénme chéngdù?
To what degree are you interested in baseball?
你认为你会到哪儿度假？
Nǐ rènwéi nǐ huì dào nǎr dùjià?
Where do you suppose you'll spend your vacation?
要你在多大程度上同意或不同意这种说法？
Yào nǐ zài duōdà chéngdù shàng tóngyì huò bù tóngyì zhèzhǒng shuōfa?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
你是不是喝醉到能再说一遍德语的程度？
Nǐ shìbùshì hēzuì dào néng zàishuō yībiàn Déyǔ de chéngdù?
Are you drunk enough to speak German once again?
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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