Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "垤", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "垤", and master the standard way of writing the character "垤".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 垤
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "垤" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
垤 [dié]
1. The soil piled at the entrance of a hole when ants build their nest.
2. A small mound of earth.
- The first meaning: The soil piled at the entrance of a hole when ants build their nest; ant mound.
- The second meaning: A small mound of earth.
【Character Composition】:
- Phonetic and associative; composed of the radical 土 (earth) and the phonetic element 至 (to).
【References**:
1. "蚍蜉其场谓之坻,或谓之垤。" - From "Dialect" Eleven.
2. In the poem "Shijing · Bin Feng · Dongshan": "The stork calls on the mound."
3. From Song Dynasty poet Huang Tingjian's poem: "After a hundred years, the cooking is not yet done, and an ant mound is chased."
【Examples**:
- Also see: 垤堄 (piles of earth); 丘垤 (hill mound).