得 · dé
obtain, get, gain, acquire
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
obtain, get, gain, acquire
- Mandarin
- dé
- Cantonese
- dak1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 得 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 득
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5F97
- Radical
- 彳 · 60
- Strokes
- 11 · Unihan
- Residual
- 8
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
11 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 得
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Sentence context · 3 matches
法语课上得怎样？
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #393408 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #393407 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: shekitten
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- tok · 多則 反切 · #3723
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 19467 · tok = 曾開一入登端
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- dé
- kCantonese
- dak1
- kDefinition
- obtain, get, gain, acquire
- kTotalStrokes
- 11
- kRSUnicode
- 60.8
- kGradeLevel
- 1
- kTGH
- 2013:2341
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- dé,děi,dé,de 20828.030
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- dé 0223.030 · de 0225.010 · děi 0225.040
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- dé 069.040 · de 069.090 · děi 069.110
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- de(5096) dé(1496) děi(637)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- dé粵dak1 děi粵dak1 de粵dak1