丁

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形): a nail.

The modern character for "nail" is 釘/钉.

Han character

丁 (radical 1 一+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一弓 (MN), four-corner 1020₀)

1. male adult
2. robust, vigorous
3. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
4. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 75, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2
• Dae Jaweon: page 135, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 2, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E01

---

Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		丁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīng, zhēng (ding¹, zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ, ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹, zaang¹, zang¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ting

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: ting¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding
    • IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: chêng¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding¹, zaang¹, zang¹
    • Yale: dīng, jāang, jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹, dzaang¹, dzang¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɑːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ting
    • Tâi-lô: ting
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (丁, reconstructed)
Character (丁), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 知 (9) Final: 耕 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 中莖切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈɣɛŋ/	/ȶæŋ/	/ȶɛŋ/	/ʈɯæŋ/	/ʈəɨjŋ/	/ȶæŋ/	/ȶɐŋ/
Character (丁), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 當經切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/teŋ/	/tieŋ/	/teŋ/	/teŋ/	/tɛjŋ/	/tieŋ/	/tɛŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (丁, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
丁								dīng								‹ teng ›								/*tˤeŋ/								4th heavenly stem
丁								dīng								‹ teng ›								/*tˤeŋ/								nail (n.)
丁								zhēng								‹ trɛng ›								/*tˤreŋ/								sound of beating
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
丁					2372					丁					耕					0					朾					/*rteːŋ/
丁					2378					丁					耕					0					丁					/*teːŋ/					釘（鋌塊）初文

Noun

丁

1. man
2. population, members of a family
3. cube
4. the fourth of the ten Heavenly stems
5. a surname

Number

丁

1. fourth

Compounds

丁坝, 丁壩 丁财两旺, 丁財兩旺 trad. 丁當, simpl. 丁当 丁等 丁丁 trad. 丁東, simpl. 丁东 丁冬 trad. 丁賦, simpl. 丁赋 丁口 丁年 丁香 丁香花 丁役 trad. 丁憂, simpl. 丁忧

trad. 丁雲, simpl. 丁云 丁字 丁字尺 丁字形 trad. 丁字鐵, simpl. 丁字铁 trad. 丁種維生素, simpl. 丁种维生素 阿拉丁 trad. 愛丁堡, simpl. 爱丁堡 补丁, 補丁 布丁 trad. 不識一丁, simpl. 不识一丁 炒三丁 成丁 trad. 抽壯丁, simpl. 抽壮丁

抽丁 但丁 trad. 黃瓜丁兒, simpl. 黄瓜丁儿 家丁 君士坦丁堡 拉丁 拉丁化 trad. 拉丁教會, simpl. 拉丁教会 拉丁美洲 trad. 拉丁語, simpl. 拉丁语 辣子肉丁 trad. 蘿蔔丁, simpl. 萝卜丁 trad. 南丁格爾, simpl. 南丁格尔 尼古丁

人丁 trad. 人丁興旺, simpl. 人丁兴旺 肉丁 trad. 沙丁魚, simpl. 沙丁鱼 添丁 (tiāndīng) 峒丁 巡丁 trad. 亞丁, simpl. 亚丁 trad. 一丁點兒, simpl. 一丁点儿 trad. 園丁, simpl. 园丁 trad. 壯丁, simpl. 壮丁 紫丁香

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

---

Japanese

Kanji

丁

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. leaf, block, cake
2. 4th in rank, fourth sign of the Chinese calendar
3. street

Readings

• On: てい (tei), ちょう (chō), とう (tō)
• Kun: ひのと (hinoto), あたる (ataru), よぼろ (yoboro)

Compounds

• 一丁
• 丁重
• 丁寧
• 符丁
• 庖丁, 包丁

---

Korean

Hanja

丁 (jeong)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 정 (revised: jeong, McCune-Reischauer: chŏng, Yale: ceng)

• Name (hangeul): 고무래, 장정 (revised: gomurae, jangjeong, McCune-Reischauer: komurae, changjŏng, Yale: komuray, cangceng)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丁

---

Vietnamese

Han character

丁

Readings

• âm: đinh, đứa, tranh, chênh, tênh, đĩnh
• nghĩa: Đinh, đứa con

Compounds

• 丁𡥵 (đứa con), child

References

• Nôm Foundation

---

Wu

Hanzi

Shanghai：tin IPA^(key): /tɪŋ/ Suzhou：tin IPA^(key): /tɪŋ/ Ningbo：tin IPA^(key): /tɪŋ/ Wenzhou：ten IPA^(key): /teŋ/

丁 (transliteration needed)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.