德 dé virtue; goodness; morality
Made up of [彳 chì step radical 60, 十 shí ten; 10 radical 24, 一 yī one radical 1, 目 mù eye radical 109, 心 xīn heart radical 61]Made with 15 strokes.
The Step radical suggests 'way' and the remainer is straightness tested by ten eyes over the heart. Most famously used in Dao De Jing
Ancient small seal form
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Also uses 彳 chì component: 得 dé (get) 很 hěn (very) 徽 huī (emblem) 往 wǎng (towards) 行 xíng (permitted) 征 zhēng (journey)
Also uses 十 shí component: 半 bàn (half) 盾 dùn (shield) 古 gǔ (ancient) 华 huá (splendid) 卖 mài (sell) 南 nán (south) 啤 pí (hops) 什 shén (what) 午 wǔ (noon) 载 zài (to carry) 早 zǎo (early) 直 zhí (straight) 支 zhī (to support)
Also uses 一 yī component: 百 bǎi (hundred) 丙 bǐng (third in order) 不 bù (no; not) 丑 chǒu (shameful) 旦 dàn (dawn) 画 huà (to draw) 或 huò (maybe) 疆 jiāng (border) 开 kāi (begin) 丽 lì (beautiful) 两 liǎng (pair) 蒙 měng (Mongol) 灭 miè (to extinguish) 且 qiě (and) 世 shì (life) 与 yǔ (to give) 再 zài (again) 正 zhèng (correct)
Also uses 目 mù component: 盾 dùn (shield) 睛 jīng (eye) 看 kàn (look) 冒 mào (to emit) 面 miàn (face) 盼 pàn (to hope for) 算 suàn (calculate) 相 xiāng (each other) 直 zhí (straight) 自 zì (from)
Also uses 心 xīn component: 必 bì (certainly) 聪 cōng (quick at hearing) 怎 dìng (how) 恶 è (evil) 念 niàn (to read) 您 nín (you (polite)) 思 sī (to think) 忘 wàng (to forget) 想 xiǎng (to think) 意 yì (idea) 愿 yuàn (to hope) 志 zhì (aspiration)
Sounds same
得 dé (get)Different tone
的 de (of)Cities
承德 Chengde, Hebei常德 Changde, Hunan
德州 Dezhou, Shandong
景德镇 Jingdezhen, Jiangxi