Chinese Character: 堤 (Dī - Dike; Embankment)
Radical: 土 (Earth radical)
Stroke Count: 12 (Number of strokes: 12)
Structure Analysis: 形声字，从土（土地），是声（shì，表音）。本义指防水建筑物（如“堤坝”），引申为防护结构（如“河堤”）。(Phonetic-semantic character: "土" (earth) + "是" (phonetic). Originally meant "flood-control structure", extended to "protective barrier".)
Pinyin: Dī (First tone)
To be filled
The workers reinforced the river dike. 工人们加固了河堤。
Coastal cities need strong seawalls. 沿海城市需要坚固的海堤。
Combine "土" (earth) + "是" (is) → Earth structure that is protective. 组合“土”+“是”→ 用于防护的土结构。