丁

Translingual

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*t-/ lends semantic value Straight. Final consonant /*-ng/ lends semantic value Extension. Oracle bone script style shows the head of a nail driven straight into an object. The later Seal script style form depicts a nail at a right angle to a surface, suggesting a T shape. Present-day meanings are via association, extension and borrowing. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Etymology

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

丁 (Yale ding1, jang1)

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Japanese

Kanji

丁 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

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

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Korean

Hanja

丁
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 장정 (revised: jangjeong, McCune-Reischauer: komurae, changjŏng)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丁

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Mandarin

Hanzi

丁 (pinyin dīng (ding1), zhēng (zheng1), Wade-Giles ting¹, cheng¹)

Noun

丁 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dīng)

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

Number

丁 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dīng)

1. fourth

Compounds

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

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

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

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

丁

Readings

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

Quoc Ngu

Proper noun

1. Đinh (surname)

Noun

Compounds

• đứa con (丁𡥵, child)

References

• Nôm Foundation

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Wu

Shanghai Accent：tin IPA: /tɪŋ/

Suzhou Accent：tin IPA: /tɪŋ/

Ningbo Accent：tin IPA: /tɪŋ/

Wenzhou Accent：ten IPA: /teŋ/