Kanji Detail for 氐 - "root, low, di, constellation"

氐

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
氐 means "root, low, di, constellation."
1. Root - The base; the foundation; the bottom.
2. Low - Short; not high.
3. Di - Name of an ancient Chinese people.
4. Constellation - One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions; the Root asterism.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

name of an ancient tribe

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

name of an ancient tribe; root; 3rd lunar mansion, determinative star α Librae (Zubenelgenubi)

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

name of an ancient tribe

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

the name of an ancient tribe

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Root. Foundation. | 氐羌. An ancient tribe, one of the Western Rong peoples. In present-day Gansu. | Name of a star. One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions.
Onyomi

chi(ち)

shi(し)

tai(たい)

tei(てい)
Kunyomi

humoto
Strokes

5 strokes
Radical

氏 (uji)
Related Keywords
root base foundation bottom low short high name people constellation twenty eight lunar mansions asterism