釘

See also 钉

Translingual

Han character

釘 (radical 167 金+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 金一弓 (CMN), four-corner 8112₀)

1. nail, spike
2. pursue closely

References

• KangXi: page 1296, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40159
• Dae Jaweon: page 1799, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4169, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91D8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

釘 (simplified 钉, Yale deng1, ding1)

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Japanese

Kanji

釘 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: てい (tei), ちょう (chō)
• Kun: くぎ (kugi)

Noun

釘 (hiragana くぎ, romaji kugi)

1. a nail; a spike made of metal or hard material used to stick something

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

釘 (simplified 钉, pinyin dīng (ding1), Wade-Giles ting¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釘 (đinh, đanh, đính, đĩnh)