Chinese symbol for “stem”
蒂
dì
stem (of fruit)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stem is 蒂 (dì), defined as: stem (of fruit).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stem”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 本 | běn | (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source |
| 茎干 (莖幹) | jīng gàn | stem; stalk |
| 柄 | bǐng | handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem |
| 茎 (莖) | jīng | stalk; stem |
| 梗 | gěng | branch; stem |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蒂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 根深蒂固 | gēn shēn dì gù | deep-rooted (problem etc) |
| 阴蒂 (陰蒂) | yīn dì | clitoris |
| 烟蒂 (煙蒂) | yān dì | variant of 烟蒂 (yān dì) |
| 罗曼蒂克 (羅曼蒂克) | luó màn dì kè | (loanword) romantic |
| 芥蒂 | jiè dì | an obstruction; barrier |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stem”.
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.