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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 嘀

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
嘀 dī - (onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
嘀 dí - used in 嘀咕[di2gu5]

List Ranking for: 嘀

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,762 20,101 9,814

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 口 啇

Radical:

口

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

啇

Semantic:

口

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing 嘀

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
嘀 - - 17,762 20,101 9,814
嘀咕 - 7 18,646 17,240 17,684
嘀嗒 - - 22,971 35,467 13,580
犯嘀咕 - - 81,479 70,036 57,052