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traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
氏 ⿱氏丶
Mandarin
di3, di1, zhi1, zhi3, di4
English
Definitions
name of an ancient tribe; foundation; on the whole
Mnemonic
A plant 氏 that reaches the bottom 一 of the soil: base