得 — Chinese character
得
dé
to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- Pinyin
- dé
- Radical
- 60 ⼻ (Step)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 彳 旦 寸
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦
- Japanese
- 得 as a kanji
Common words with 得
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 获得 (獲得) | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 记得 (記得) | jì de | to remember |
| 值得 | zhí de | worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth) |
| 变得 (變得) | biàn de | to become |
| 不得 | bù dé | must not; may not |
| 使得 | shǐ de | usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable |
| 赢得 (贏得) | yíng dé | to win; to gain |
| 不得不 | bù dé bù | have no choice or option but to; cannot but |
| 得以 | dé yǐ | able to; so that sb can |
English words written with 得
得 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 33 · Analects 50 · Art of War 34 · I Ching 25 · Mencius 177 · Zhuangzi 309 · Great Learning 10 · Doctrine of the Mean 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 22
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 29
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
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