度 Stroke Order — How to Write 度
度 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 广, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
度 Radical and Character Components
度 is an ideographic compound. Twenty 廿 people 又 meeting inside a building 广 to deliberate.
Radical: 广 + 6 more strokes
度 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- dù
- duó
Meanings of 度 in Chinese
1
dù度
A unit or instrument for measuring length, capacity, or quantity; a scale or a graduation.
请仔细核对尺子上的刻度。
Please carefully check the graduations on the ruler.
level; degree; extent; manner; bearing
这个项目的难度超出了我的预期。
The difficulty level of this project exceeded my expectations.
A unit of angle, where a full circle is 360 degrees.
请测量一下这个角的度数。
Please measure the degree of this angle.
A unit of measurement, often referring to a degree on a scale, such as temperature (e.g., Celsius, Fahrenheit), or for other measurements like humidity, concentration, longitude, and latitude.
水在零摄氏度结冰。
Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
A unit of electrical energy, commonly known as a kilowatt-hour (kWh).
我们家这个月用了三百五十度电。
Our family used three hundred and fifty kilowatt-hours of electricity this month.
Rule; standard; system; regulation.
这项公司的新制度有助于提高工作效率。
This new company system helps improve work efficiency.
In philosophy, the quantitative boundary or limit within which a thing retains its essential quality.
任何事物的发展都有其内在的量变和质变的统一，超越了一定的度，性质就会发生变化
The development of any entity involves an inherent unity of quantitative and qualitative change; once a certain quantitative boundary (du) is exceeded, its nature will transform.
Demeanor; capacity to tolerate or endure, often implying broad-mindedness or magnanimity.
他宽宏大度，从不计较小事。
He is magnanimous and never bothers with trifles.
to consider; to estimate; to plan; to measure (as in 'to take into account')
他仔细揣度了各种可能性。
He carefully weighed all the possibilities.
To pass or spend time; to cross from one place to another.
我们计划在海边度过一个愉快的周末。
We plan to spend a pleasant weekend by the sea.
Used as a quantifier for occurrences or times, similar to 'time' or 'occasion'; e.g., 'once', 'again'.
他们再度尝试，终于成功了。
They tried again and finally succeeded.
To tonsure; to become a monk or nun (in Buddhism/Taoism), often used in the phrase '剃度' (tìdù).
他决定剃度出家，修行佛法。
He decided to become a monk and practice Buddhism.
2
duó度
To measure, estimate, or infer; to consider or deliberate.
在做重要决定前，我们应该审时度势，谨慎选择。
Before making important decisions, we should size up the situation and choose carefully.
Common Words and Phrases with 度
1
To measure dimensions; a measuring ruler.
他在与人交往时很有度尺，总能把握好分寸。
He has a good sense of propriety when interacting with others, always knowing how to maintain appropriate boundaries.
2
estimate one's own moral integrity and ability
做任何决定前，我们都应该度德量力，而不是盲目自信。
Before making any decision, we should assess our virtue and ability, rather than being blindly confident.
3
an official permit issued by the government in ancient times, allowing someone to become a monk or nun and join a monastery
为了成为一名正式的僧侣，他通过了严格的考验并获得了度牒
To become a formal monk, he passed rigorous tests and obtained an ordination certificate.
4
Metric, a method for defining the value of variables or the position of points.
在广义相对论中，时空的度规决定了物体如何移动，以及光线如何弯曲。
In general relativity, the spacetime metric determines how objects move and how light bends.
5
6
to tide over a lean year
农户们靠着仅剩的存粮，小心翼翼地度荒
The farming households carefully rationed their remaining provisions to survive the lean times.
7
to spend one's holidays or go on vacation
我们计划下个月去海边度假。
We plan to go on vacation to the beach next month.
8
A resort is a place, often with various facilities, where people go for holidays or vacations.
我们计划在海边的度假村度过一个轻松的假期。
We plan to spend a relaxing holiday at a beachfront resort.
9
Tolerance; magnanimity; the capacity to tolerate others. It can also refer to measurement.
对待别人的过失，我们应该表现出足够的度量
We should show sufficient magnanimity when dealing with others' mistakes.
10
weights and measures
市场上的商品都应该按照统一的度量衡来计量。
Goods in the market should all be measured according to unified weights and measures.
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12
To sustain one's life or manage to keep oneself alive.
为了度命，他不得不身兼数职，每天忙碌到深夜。
To make ends meet, he had to hold multiple jobs, busy until late at night every day.
13
to compose or write lyrics for a song; to set words to music.
她晚年退隐山林，过着闲云野鹤般的生活，每日抚琴度曲，悠然自得。
In her later years, she retired to the mountains, living a life of leisure, playing the zither and composing/singing songs daily, content and at ease.
14
to live one's life, often in hardship; to eke out an existence
他们一家人靠着微薄的收入艰难度日。
Their family struggles to get by on a meager income.
15
To pass days as if they were years; time feels incredibly slow due to suffering or hardship.
在医院等待检查结果的时候，他觉得度日如年
While waiting for the test results at the hospital, he felt that each day was like a year.
16
number of degrees; reading
这台空调的显示屏上，室内温度的度数是25摄氏度。
On this air conditioner's display screen, the indoor temperature reading is 25 degrees Celsius.
More words with 度
- chéng程dù度Degree, Extent
- hòu厚dù度thickness
- jiǎo角dù度angle; perspective or point of view
- jìn进dù度progress
- nán难dù度degree of difficulty
- zhì制dù度system, institution
- gòng共dù度to spend together
- jí极dù度extremely; exceedingly
- jì季dù度quarter
- kuān宽dù度width
- lì力dù度intensity, strength
- shī湿dù度humidity
- shì适dù度Moderation
- yìng硬dù度hardness
- āo凹dù度concavity
- biāo标dù度Scale, Graduation
- cāi猜duó度Guess, Conjecture
- cè测duó度To conjecture, estimate, or infer.
- chāo超dù度deliverance of souls, salvation of the dead
- chǐ尺dù度scale, scope
Idioms with 度
- àn暗dù度chén陈cāng仓pretend one thing, secretly do another
- chāo超dù度zhòng众shēng生deliver all beings from suffering
- chī吃chuān穿yòng用dù度daily living expenses
- chuǎi揣shí时duó度lì力assess situation and one's own capabilities
- chūn春fēng风yī一dù度a brief romantic or sexual encounter
- fēng风dù度piān翩piān翩elegant and graceful in manner
- fù付zhū诸dù度wài外disregard personal safety or consequences
- guāng光yīn阴xū虚dù度waste time idly
- hú糊kǒu口dù度rì日to live from hand to mouth
- huāng荒yín淫wú无dù度dissolute and debauched beyond measure
- huī恢hóng宏dà大dù度broad-minded and magnanimous
- huī挥huò霍wú无dù度spend lavishly without restraint
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Open the tool →Questions about 度
What does 度 mean in Chinese?
度 (dù) means “level” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 度?
度 has 2 pronunciations: dù, duó.
How many strokes does 度 have?
度 has 9 strokes.
How do you write 度?
度 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 广. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 度?
The radical of 度 is 广, and 度 is an ideographic compound.