得 (dé) · to get

得 (dé) means “to get”. It is made of 彳 + 旦 + 寸 and has 11 strokes, and is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 得 into its parts

What 得 is made of

• 彳 chì — to step with the left foot
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 旦 dàn — dawn
  • 日 rì — sun; day
    • 口 kǒu — mouth
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 寸 cùn — inch

Origin hint: A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

得 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 得

• 得到dédàoto get
• 记得jìdeto remember
• 觉得juédeto feel
• 得出déchūto reach (a result)
• 懂得dǒngdeto understand
• 取得qǔdéto get
• 不得不bùdébùto have to
• 得分défēnto score
• 认得rèndeto know
• 显得xiǎndeto seem
• 值得zhídeto be worth
• 得意déyìpleased with oneself
• 获得huòdéto obtain
• 来得及láidejíthere's still time
• 赢得yíngdéto win
• 不得了bùdéliǎoextremely
• 不见得bùjiàndenot necessarily
• 怪不得guàibudeno wonder
• 舍不得shěbudeto hate to part with
• 巴不得bābudeto be eager to
• 不得已bùdéyǐto have no choice
• 不由得bùyóudecan't help (doing)
• 得不偿失débùchángshīthe gains don't make up for the losses
• 得力délìcapable
• 得天独厚détiāndúhòurichly endowed by nature
• 得罪dézuìto offend
• 恨不得hènbudeto be itching to
• 免得miǎndeso as not to
• 难得nándérare
• 心得xīndéwhat one has learned
• 一举两得yījǔliǎngdéto kill two birds with one stone

Also built with 彳

• 役yìservant
• 彻chèpenetrating
• 彼bǐthat
• 往wǎngtowards
• 征zhēngto summon
• 径jìngpath
• 待dāito stay
• 很hěnvery
• 徊huáito linger
• 律lǜstatute
• 徒túdisciple
• 徘páito dither

Quick facts

Questions about 得