忒 (tè): to err, to change
忒 (tè) is a Chinese character meaning “to err.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 弋 (phonetic) and 心 (semantic). It ranks #3271 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 忒 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 恨 (hèn, to hate), 情 (qíng, feeling, emotion), 快 (kuài, fast, happy).
Definitions
- to err
- to change
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿耳忒弥斯proper-noun | ā ěr tè mí sī | Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon) |
| 阿佛洛狄忒proper-noun | ā fú luò dí tè | Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love |
| 阿弗洛狄忒 | ā fú luò dí tè | variant of 阿佛洛狄忒 |
| 阿芙罗狄忒proper-noun | ā fú luó dí tè | see 阿佛洛狄忒 |
| 赫卡忒 | hè kǎ tè | Hecate (goddess of Greek mythology) |
忒 appears in 5 compound words: 0 as the first character, 80 as the last, and 20 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 忒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
看到孩子的进步，父母忒中十分欣慰。
kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ tēi zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .
Seeing their child's progress brings the parents great joy.
阿耳忒弥斯二号任务将测试 NASA 激光通信系...
ā ěr tēi mí sī èr hào rèn wù jiāng cè shì N A S A jī guāng tōng xìn xì . . .
The Artemis II mission will test NASA's laser communication system...
2026年4月6日阿尔忒弥斯2号任务实现人类首次受控条件下月球背...
2 0 2 6 nián 4 yuè 6 rì ā ěr tēi mí sī 2 hào rèn wù shí xiàn rén lèi shǒu cì shòu kòng tiáo jiàn xià yuè qiú bèi . . .
On April 6, 2026, the Artemis 2 mission achieved humanity’s first controlled flight to the far side of the Moon...
阿尔忒弥斯二号完成关键点火 进入月球轨道
ā ěr tēi mí sī èr hào wán chéng guān jiàn diǎn huǒ jìn rù yuè qiú guǐ dào
Artemis II Completes Critical Ignition and Enters Lunar Orbit
NASA阿尔忒弥斯2号任务定于2026年4月1日执行,...
N A S A ā ěr tēi mí sī 2 hào rèn wù dìng yú 2 0 2 6 nián 4 yuè 1 rì zhí háng , . . .
NASA's Artemis 2 mission is scheduled for April 1, 2026,...
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 心 (heart) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced tè
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