底

底 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹心一 (IHPM) or 戈竹女戈 (IHVI), four-corner 0024₂, composition ⿸广氐)

• 掋, 鯳, 菧

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 344, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9262
• Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 878, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5E95

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːlʔ) : semantic 广 (“building”) + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til) – the bottom or base, foundation of a building. Note that 氐 is a figure bowing or stooping, hence connotation of “down”.

Cognate with 低 (OC *tiːl, “to lower; low”), 柢 (OC *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls, “root of a tree; base”).

底

1. bottom; underneath; underside
2. ground; background
3. ins and outs; actual situation
4. master copy
5. (Cantonese) copy kept as a record

   留底 [Cantonese]  ―  lau⁴ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  to keep a copy

6. end (of a year or month)

   See also: 年底, 月底

   六月底 [Cantonese]  ―  luk⁶ jyut⁶ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  end of June

7. remnants; remains; leftovers
8. (Southern Min) inside

   糜底 [Teochew]  ―  in the congee

9. (mathematics) base (of triangle, logarithm, etc.)
10. (Cantonese) staple food as the base of a meal

    伊麵底／伊面底 [Cantonese]  ―  ji¹ min⁶ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  e-fu noodles as the base (e.g., for lobster)

    加底 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa¹ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  to add rice in a meal

11. (Hong Kong Cantonese) tendency in one's personality; leaning

    燥底 [Cantonese]  ―  cou³ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  having a bad temper

    紅底／红底 [Cantonese]  ―  hung⁴ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  having pro-CCP leanings

    M底 [Cantonese]  ―  em¹ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  having a masochistic side

12. (Cantonese) physique; constitution (of a person)

    寒底 [Cantonese]  ―  hon⁴ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

13. (Cantonese) ground; foundation

    我數底好差。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我数底好差。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    ngo⁵ sou³ dai² hou² caa¹. [Jyutping]

    My foundation of math is very poor.

14. (Cantonese) background (of a person); criminal record

    佢個底花嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢个底花嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    keoi⁵ go³ dai² faa¹ saai³. [Jyutping]

    His criminal record is all dirty and messy.

15. (Cantonese) underpants (short for 底褲／底裤 (dai² fu³)) (Classifier: 條／条 c)

    紅底／红底 [Cantonese]  ―  hung⁴ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  red underpants

    露底 [Cantonese]  ―  lou⁶ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  to expose one's underpants

16. (Cantonese) Classifier for pastry made or served in flat-shaped container.

    半底雞蛋仔／半底鸡蛋仔 [Cantonese]  ―  bun³ dai² gai¹ daan⁶ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

    過年整咗一底蘿蔔糕同一底年糕。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    过年整咗一底萝卜糕同一底年糕。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    gwo³ nin⁴ zing² zo² jat¹ dai² lo⁴ baak⁶ gou¹ tung⁴ jat¹ dai² nin⁴ gou¹. [Jyutping]

    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

17. Short for 底細／底细 (dǐxì).

底

1. ^† possessive particle, equivalent to modern Mandarin 的 (de)

From 等 (MC tojX), probably a clipping or influenced by 何等 (OC *ɡaːl tɯːʔ/tɯːŋʔ).

底

1. (literary or Min) which; what

   • 底事昆侖傾砥柱，九地黃流亂注？ [Ci, trad.]
     底事昆仑倾砥柱，九地黄流乱注？ [Ci, simp.]

     From: circa 1142, 張元幹,《賀新郎·送胡邦衡待制赴新州》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Dǐ shì Kūnlún qīng dǐzhù, jiǔ dì huáng liú luàn zhù? [Pinyin]

     How could Mount Pillar suddenly fall down? And Yellow River flow throughout the town?

   • 陶冶性靈存底物？新詩改罷自長吟。 [MSC, trad.]
     陶冶性灵存底物？新诗改罢自长吟。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 杜甫《解悶之七》

     Táoyě xìnglíng cún dǐ wù? Xīn shī gǎi bà zì cháng yín. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “底”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: そこ (soko, 底, Jōyō); なんぞ (nanzo)
• Nanori: いたる (itaru)

• (Tokyo) そこ [sòkó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [so̞ko̞]

底(そこ) • (soko) 

1. the bottom

   底(そこ)に沈(しず)む

   soko ni shizumu

   sink to the bottom

• 頂(いただき) (itadaki, “top”)

• 二(に)重(じゅう)底(ぞこ) (nijūzoko, “double sole; double bottom”)

From Middle Chinese 底 (tej^X).

• (Tokyo) て​ー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ː]

底(てい) • (tei) 

1. base of a logarithm

底 • (jeo, ji) (hangeul 저, 지, revised jeo, ji, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, chi)

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底: Hán Nôm readings: để, đáy, đễ

1. to place