地图
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 3
地图 (dìtú) · map
地图 (dìtú) means “map”. It is written with 2 characters: 地 (adverb particle (-ly)) + 图 (picture). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 地图 is built
The characters
地 de · adverb particle (-ly)
What 地 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 也yě — also
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 也 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
图 tú · picture
What 图 is made of
- 囗wéi — enclosure
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 冬dōng — winter
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- ⺀ — ice
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: Simplified form of 圖; a map of a district's 啚 borders 囗 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我有北京地图。Wǒ yǒu Běijīng dìtú.I have a map of Beijing.
你看地图了吗？Nǐ kàn dìtú le ma?Did you look at the map?
Questions about 地图
What does 地图 mean?
地图 (dìtú) means “map”.
How do you pronounce 地图?
地图 is pronounced dìtú.
Which HSK level is 地图?
地图 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 地点dìdiǎnlocation
- 地方dìfangplace
- 地上dìshangon the ground
- 草地cǎodìlawn
- 地球dìqiúthe earth
- 地铁dìtiěsubway
- 地铁站dìtiězhànsubway station
- 外地wàidìanother part of the country
- 当地dāngdìlocal
- 地区dìqūregion
Learn 地图 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 30: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.