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dí · barbarians

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狄=
犭quǎndog
+火huǒfire
Writing notes

Shape and proportion

7Total strokes

Count each continuous pen movement once, including turns and hooks.

Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

犭Key radical

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Example sentences

Notice where 狄 sits in each complete thought.

「 wǒ dé mǎi diǎn xīn yīfu le,」 dí mǎ xiǎng.「我得買點新衣服了，」狄馬想。

"I really need some new clothes," thought Dima.

Source: Tatoeba #492061 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuì hòu, é dí pú sī huí dá le.最后，俄狄蒲斯回答了。

Finally, Oedipus replied.

Source: Tatoeba #766027 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xìng hǎo, zài dí mǎ shuì jué de xiǎo xiàng wài miàn, gāng hǎo yǒu yì jiā ā mǎ ní.幸好，在狄馬睡覺的小巷外面，剛好有一家阿瑪尼。

Thankfully, there was an Armani store just outside the alley where Dima had slept.

Source: Tatoeba #492126 · CC BY 2.0 FR
「 ài, suàn le ba,」 dí mǎ xīn xiǎng:「 zhè shí zài bú shì tiāo sān tiāo sì de shí hòu.」「唉，算了吧，」狄馬心想：「這實在不是挑三挑四的時候。」

"Oh, well..." thought Dima. "I suppose that I can't be picky at a time like this."

Source: Tatoeba #1618923 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dí mǎ yì wǎn hé èr shí wǔ gè nán rén shuì le jué, rán hòu jiù bǎ tā mén shā diào le.狄馬一晚和二十五個男人睡了覺，然後就把他們殺掉了。

Dima slept with 25 men in one night and then killed them.

Source: Tatoeba #486513 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wéi le bì kāi jǐng fāng de zhuī bǔ, dí mǎ zhǐhǎo zài lā jī xiāng lǐ guò le yì wǎn.為了避開警方的追捕，狄馬只好在垃圾箱裏過了一晚。

Hiding from the police, Dima spent the night in a dumpster.

Source: Tatoeba #486515 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 狄 in context

  1. Say dí, then recall the core meaning: barbarians.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 夷狄 (yí dí), meaning “non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 狄 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.