Word and Radical Components of 兄弟

The Chinese word 兄弟 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
兄弟	xiōngdì	1. n. (literal) brother
		2. n. (literal) brethren; brothers and sisters; siblings
		3. n. (figurative) brothers; close friends; good friends
		4. n. gangster
	xiōngdi	5. n. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, dialectal Wu, colloquial) younger brother
		6. n. (colloquial) my brother; bro ((A term of address for a close friend of similar age or younger))
		兄弟，我今天請客。 - My brother, it's my treat today.
		兄弟tī，我今kin仔日請chhiáⁿ人。 - My brother, it's my treat today., TW
		7. pron. (A humble term of self-address used by a man to people of the same generation.)
		8. pron. (cln, zh, antonymous compounds)

兄弟 ⇨ 兄 + 弟

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
兄	xiōng	1. elder brother
		2. elder male cousin
		堂兄 - father’s brother’s son older than oneself
		3. brother (male friend of the same generation)
		4. (Hokkien, familiar) (respectful honorific used after a name for an elder brother or any male senior): Mister; Brother
弟	dì	1. younger brother
		2. junior
		3. (humble) I; me
		4. Original form of 第 (sequence)

兄 ⇨ 口 + 儿

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
		2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
		入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
		出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
		門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
		3. gateway
		張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
		口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
		口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
		4. hole; cut
		口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
		傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
		5. port
		電腦端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
		Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名
儿		1. legs
		2. Simplified form of 兒
		3. usage. May be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with child.
		4. Variant of 人

弟 ⇨ 丿 + 弚

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
丿	piě	1. slash
	yì	2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
		3. to arrive
弚		1.

弚 ⇨ 丷 + 弔

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
丷	bā, dàobāzì	1. (Component variant of 八*.)
弔		1. Variant of 吊