抵

dǐ

to press against; to support; to prop up

to resist; to withstand; to be equal to; to match; to balance; to offset; to mortgage; to make up for; to compensate for; to arrive at; to reach; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3])

Hand (扌) + phonetic (氐) = press against, resist, or offset

The hand radical anchors the physical sense of pressing, propping, or pushing against something. 氐 contributes the sound dǐ and does not add meaning here.

扌+氐→抵
扌HandSemantic
氐A historical character referring to a lowPhonetic

他用房子抵押,借到了一笔钱。

tā yòng fáng zi dǐ yā,jiè dào le yī bǐ qián。

He used his house as collateral and borrowed a sum of money.

这笔奖金可以抵消上个月的部分损失。

zhè bǐ jiǎng jīn kě yǐ dǐ xiāo shàng gè yuè de bù fèn sǔn shī。

This bonus can offset part of last month's losses.

Words with 抵

抵制

dǐ zhì

to resist

抵消

dǐ xiāo

to counteract

不抵抗主义

bù dǐ kàng zhǔ yì

policy of nonresistance

以身抵债

yǐ shēn dǐ zhài

forced labor to repay a debt

备抵

bèi dǐ

an allowance

充抵

chōng dǐ

see 抵充[di3 chong1]

大抵

dà dǐ

generally speaking

安抵

ān dǐ

to arrive safely

折抵

zhé dǐ

to offset

抵住

dǐ zhù

to resist

抵债

dǐ zhài

to repay a debt in kind or by labor

抵偿

dǐ cháng

to compensate

More characters with 扌

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