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黛

(literary) dark pigment traditionally used to paint the eyebrows

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How 黛 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

黑 (semantic, “black”) + 代 (phonetic, dài)

components: 代 黑

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 代

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 代 (dài) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
代 sound component dài era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
袋 dài bag, sack; pocket, pouch
贷 dài to borrow; to lend; to pardon
岱 dài the Daishan mountain in Shandong
玳 dài tortoise shell

Words containing 黛

WordPinyinMeaning
烟花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài woman; prostitute; lovemaking; literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
林黛玉 Lín Dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia…
史黛西 Shǐ dài xī Stacy (name)
马黛茶 mǎ dài chá (loanword) maté (drink)
奥黛丽 Ào dài lì Audrey
青黛 qīng dài indigo (dye); Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM)
黛安娜 Dài ān nà Diana (goddess in Roman mythology)
粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner; cosmetics; (fig.) beautiful woman
奥黛 ào dài ao dai (traditional Vietnamese garment)
眉黛 méi dài (literary) eyebrows painted with black pigment
奥黛莉 Ào dài lì Audrey; variant of 奧黛麗|奥黛丽[Ao4 dai4 li4]
黛绮莉 dài qǐ lì (loanword) daiquiri