Chinese symbol for “bottom”
底
dǐ
bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bottom is 底 (dǐ), defined as: bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底数 (dǐ shù)).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bottom”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 底部 | dǐ bù | bottom |
| 底面 | dǐ miàn | bottom; bottom side |
| 受 | shòu | to receive; to accept |
| 零号 (零號) | líng hào | (slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship) |
| 底端 | dǐ duān | bottom; bottom side |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 底.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 到底 | dào dǐ | finally; in the end |
| 彻底 (徹底) | chè dǐ | thorough; thoroughly |
| 年底 | nián dǐ | end of the year |
| 月底 | yuè dǐ | end of the month |
| 底下 | dǐ xia | the location below sth; afterwards |
| 海底 | hǎi dǐ | seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bottom”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.