荻 — Chinese character
荻
dí
rush, reed; Miscanthus saccariflorus
- Pinyin
- dí
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 艹 狄
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 狄
- Japanese
- 荻 as a kanji
Common words with 荻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芦荻 (蘆荻) | lú dí | reeds |
| 画荻教子 (畫荻教子) | huà dí jiào zǐ | to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom); mother's admirable dedication to her children's education |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.