丁
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male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl
2 strokes
Dict coverage rank #485 U+4E01
How 丁 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A nail
components: 一
How to remember it
fourth · Heisig RSH #90
— as a component also called: nail, spike, thumbtack
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 丁 as their sound component
These characters all use 丁 (dīng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁 sound component | dīng | male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem |
| 打 | dǎ | to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike |
| 宁 | níng | calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer |
| 灯 | dēng | lamp, lantern, light |
| 顶 | dǐng | top, summit, peak; to carry on the head |
| 厅 | tīng | hall, central room |
| 订 | dìng | to make an order; to draw up an agreement |
| 汀 | tīng | bank, sandbar; beach, shore |
| 叮 | dīng | to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect) |
| 盯 | dīng | to rivet one's gaze upon; to keep eyes on |
| 町 | tǐng | a raised path between fields |
| 仃 | dīng | lonely, solitary |
| 酊 | dīng | drunk, intoxicated |
| 疔 | dīng | boil, carbuncle, ulcer |
| 玎 | dīng | jingling, tinkling |
| 耵 | dīng | earwax |
Words containing 丁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉丁文字 | Lā dīng wén zì | the alphabet; latin letters |
| 拉丁化 | Lā dīng huà | romanization |
| 拉丁文 | Lā dīng wén | Latin (language) |
| 一丁点 | yī dīng diǎn | a tiny bit |
| 拉丁语 | Lā dīng yǔ | Latin (language) |
| 阿拉丁 | Ā lā dīng | Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights |
| 马丁尼 | mǎ dīng ní | (loanword) martini |
| 马丁·路德 | Mǎ dīng · Lù dé | Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation |
| 马丁·路德·金 | Mǎ dīng · Lù dé · Jīn | Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist |
| 卡丁车 | kǎ dīng chē | go-kart |
| 人丁 | rén dīng | number of people in a family; population; (old) adult males; male servants |
| 拉丁字母 | Lā dīng zì mǔ | Latin alphabet |
| 丁青县 | Dīng qīng Xiàn | Dêngqên, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet |
| 马丁 | Mǎ dīng | Martin (name) |
| 家丁 | jiā dīng | (old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc |
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service |
| 白丁 | bái dīng | (literary) commoner; unlearned person (in former times, one who had not obtained an offici… |
| 丁克 | dīng kè | Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword) |
| 一丁不识 | yī dīng bù shí | (idiom) illiterate |
| 不识一丁 | bù shí yī dīng | total illiterate; unable to read the simplest characters |