挺

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 手 + phonetic 廷

Han character

挺 (radical 64 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手弓大土 (QNKG), four-corner 5204₁, composition ⿰扌廷)

1. to stand upright, straighten
2. rigid

References

• KangXi: page 432, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12106
• Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1869, character 11
• Unihan data for U+633A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

挺 (Jyutping ting2, ting5, Yale ting2, ting5)

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Japanese

Kanji

挺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: じょう (jō)
• Kan’on: てい (tei)
• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)
• Kun: ぬく (nuku)

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Korean

Hanja

挺 (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

挺 (Pinyin tǐng (ting3), Wade-Giles t'ing³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

挺 (đĩnh)

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References

• Nom Foundation