度
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to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #190 U+5EA6
How 度 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Twenty 廿 people 又 meeting inside a building 广 to deliberate
How to remember it
degrees · Heisig RSH #978
caverns + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 度 as their sound component
These characters all use 度 (dù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 度 sound component | dù | degree, system; manner; to consider |
| 渡 | dù | to cross, to ferry over, to pass through |
| 镀 | dù | to plate, to gild, to coat |
| 踱 | duó | to pace, to stroll, to walk slowly |
Words containing 度
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大小三度 | dà xiǎo sān dù | major and minor third (musical interval) |
| 大三度 | dà sān dù | major third (musical interval) |
| 一年一度 | yī nián yī dù | (idiom) annual; once a year |
| 平度市 | Píng dù Shì | Pingdu, a county-level city in Qingdao City 青島市|青岛市[Qing1 dao3 Shi4], Shandong |
| 小三度 | xiǎo sān dù | minor third (musical interval) |
| 加大力度 | jiā dà lì dù | to try harder; to redouble one's efforts |
| 年度大会 | nián dù dà huì | annual meeting; annual general meeting (AGM) |
| 分光光度法 | fēn guāng guāng dù fǎ | spectrophotometry |
| 大度 | dà dù | magnanimous; generous (in spirit) |
| 一度 | yī dù | for a time; at one time; one time; once |
| 国度 | guó dù | country; nation |
| 无度 | wú dù | immoderate; excessive; not knowing one's limits |
| 气度 | qì dù | bearing; manner; presence |
| 分度 | fēn dù | graduation (of a measuring instrument) |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 长度 | cháng dù | length |
| 三度 | sān dù | third (musical interval) |
| 法度 | fǎ dù | (a) law |
| 力度 | lì dù | strength; vigor; efforts; (music) dynamics |
| 平度 | Píng dù | see 平度市[Ping2 du4 Shi4] |