妒
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to envy (success, talent); jealous
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Dict coverage rank #3,170 U+5992
How 妒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 户 (phonetic, hù)
How to remember it
jealous of · Heisig RSH #2154
女 woman + 户 door
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 户
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 户 (hù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户 sound component | hù | door; family |
| 芦 | lú | rushes, reeds |
| 驴 | lǘ | donkey, ass |
| 雇 | gù | employment; to hire, to employ |
| 沪 | hù | Shanghai; the Shanghai river |
| 扈 | hù | escort, retinue; insolent |
| 戽 | hù | to bale out; to irrigate |
Words containing 妒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天妒英才 | tiān dù yīng cái | heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with;… |
| 妒能害贤 | dù néng hài xián | jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom) |
| 妒贤嫉能 | dù xián jí néng | see 嫉賢妒能|嫉贤妒能[ji2 xian2 du4 neng2] |
| 嫉贤妒能 | jí xián dù néng | (idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented |
| 妒忌 | dù jì | to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy |
| 忌妒 | jì du | to be jealous of; to envy |
| 羡慕嫉妒恨 | xiàn mù jí dù hèn | to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009) |
| 妒嫉 | dù jí | to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy |
| 嫉妒 | jí dù | to be jealous of; to envy |