(dé) - virtue, morality, Germany in Mandarin
déTraditional: 德
Translation
virtue, morality, Germany
Word origin
An ideographic compound built from 彳(step), 直 (zhi, straight) and 心 (xin, heart), conveying upright conduct of the heart, hence virtue or morality. It also serves as the first character of 德国 (Deguo), Germany, where it is purely phonetic.
- Origin
- ideographic compound
- Root
- 彳(step) + 直 (zhi, straight) + 心 (xin, heart)
Stroke order
德
Examples
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He is a man of virtue.
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Virtue is the foundation of being a good person.
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We must value morality.
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He lived in Germany for five years.
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The teacher often teaches us about good character.
德 (dé) means virtue, morality, Germany. It appears as a noun in moral vocabulary and as the short form for Germany.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 德.
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