叮

叮 U+53EE, 叮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EE ← 叭 [U+53ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 可 → [U+53EF]

Translingual

Han character

叮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 口一弓 (RMN), four-corner 6102₀, composition ⿱口丁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3244
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 568, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53EE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		叮
2nd round simp.		丁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
圢	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打	*rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯	*rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾	*rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰	*rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨	*rdeːŋ
釘	*teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪	*teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃	*teːŋ
叮	*teːŋ
疔	*teːŋ
頂	*teːŋʔ
奵	*teːŋʔ
耵	*teːŋʔ
酊	*teːŋʔ
葶	*teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴	*teːŋs
訂	*teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣	*teːŋs
汀	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁	*tʰeːŋ
婷	*deːŋ
停	*deːŋ
聤	*deːŋ
渟	*deːŋ
楟	*deːŋ
亭	*deːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *teːŋ): phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ) + semantic 口.

Etymology

“to microwave”

Onomatopoeia. Compare Japanese チンする (chin suru).

“to disqualify”

Onomatopoeia. From the act of ringing the bell when disqualifying participants in variety shows. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīng (ding¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ / deng¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): teng / tin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ding
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹
    • Yale: dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding
    • Palladius: дин (din)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ding¹ / deng¹
    • Yale: dīng / dēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ / deng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ / déng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵/, /tɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ding1 - literary;
• deng1 - vernacular.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng / tin
    • Tâi-lô: ting / tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defng, dyn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /tin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³/, /tin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /tin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /tin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /tin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: teng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: teng

Rime
Character	叮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	當經切
Baxter	teng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/teŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/teŋ/
Wang Li	/tieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	叮
Reading #	1/1
No.	2384
Phonetic component	丁
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丁
Old Chinese	/*teːŋ/

Definitions

叮

1. (of insects) to sting; to bite

   蚊叮蟲咬／蚊叮虫咬 [Cantonese]  ―  man^4-1 deng¹ cung⁴ ngaau⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  mosquitoes sting and bugs bite

2. to advise; to urge; to repeat what one says to make sure
3. to question closely
4. (informal) to microwave (heat in a microwave oven)

   叮飯／叮饭  ―  dīngfàn  ―  microwave rice

5. (Cantonese, informal) to disqualify; to eliminate

   畀人叮出局 [Cantonese]  ―  bei² jan⁴ ding¹ ceot¹ guk⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to be eliminated (from a competition,etc.)

6. (Cantonese) unaccented beats (in Cantonese opera)

   叮板 [Cantonese]  ―  ding¹ baan² [Jyutping]  ―  rhythm in Cantonese opera

7. Used in onomatopoeia.

Synonyms

• (to sting): (Hokkien) 咬 (kā)

Compounds

• 千叮萬囑 / 千叮万嘱
• 叮叮咚咚
• 叮叮噹噹 / 叮叮当当
• 叮咚叮咚
• 叮問 / 叮问 (dīngwèn)
• 叮噹 / 叮当 (dīngdāng)
• 叮噹作響 / 叮当作响
• 叮嚀 / 叮咛 (dīngníng)
• 叮囑 / 叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ)
• 咭叮噹 / 咭叮当
• 小叮噹 / 小叮当 (Xiǎodīngdāng)
• 螞蚍叮腿 / 蚂蚍叮腿
• 軟不叮噹 / 软不叮当
• 響叮噹 / 响叮当
• 麻蚍叮腿

Japanese

Kanji

叮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei)
• Kun: ねんごろ (nengoro, 叮ろ)、たのむ (tanomu)、さす (sasu)

Korean

Hanja

叮 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

叮: Hán Nôm readings: đinh

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2. Đinh ninh 叮嚀 exhort or enjoin repeatedly

Readings

• Nôm: điếng, đinh

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999