德

Character

德 dé

HSK 5Character

Germany (as in 德国)

Radical: 彳
Strokes: 15
Structure: Left–right
Parts: 彳十罒一
Traditional: 德
Frequency: #140 most common character

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Meaning

dé

de2

Germany (as in 德国)
German, the language or the people (as in 德语, 德国人)

Examples

我弟弟在学德语。
wǒ dì di zài xué dé yǔ
My younger brother is learning German.
AI-generated sentence
德国的车很贵。
dé guó de chē hěn guì
Cars from Germany are very expensive.
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Stroke order

Practice writing 德

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Words with 德

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德三dé sānNazi GermanyWord 德仁dé rénNaruhito (1960-), emperor of Japan from 2019Word

德保dé bǎoDebao, a county in Baise City 百色市 (Bǎi sè Shì), GuangxiSee 德保县WordUnreviewed

德兴dé xīngDexing, a county-level city in Shangrao City 上饶市 (Shàng ráo Shì), JiangxiSee 德兴市WordUnreviewed

德化dé huàDehua, a county in Quanzhou City 泉州市 (Quán zhōu Shì), FujianSee 德化县WordUnreviewed

德国dé guóGermanyWord

德城dé chéngDecheng, a district of Dezhou City 德州市 (Dé zhōu Shì), ShandongSee 德城区WordUnreviewed

德士dé shì(Singapore, Malaysia) taxi (loanword)Word

德安dé ānDe'an, a county in Jiujiang City 九江市 (Jiǔ jiāng Shì), JiangxiSee 德安县WordUnreviewed

德宏dé hóngDehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 云南省 (Yún nán Shěng)See 德宏傣族景颇族自治州WordUnreviewed

德川dé chuānTokugawa, Japanese shogunal clan (1603–1867)Word 德州dé zhōuTexas (abbr. for 德克萨斯州 (Dé kè sà sī Zhōu))Word

Same radical 彳

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很hěn 得dé 後hòu 從cóng 往wǎng 復fù 待dài 律lǜ 微wēi 彿fú 征zhēng 徵zhēng

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