定

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定 U+5B9A, 定
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9A
← 宙
[U+5B99] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宛 →
[U+5B9B]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
8 strokes
Stroke order
定-order.gif

Han character[edit]

定 (radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 30801, composition ⿱宀𤴓)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 283, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7109
  • Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 918, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5B9A

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 定

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
綻 *rdeːns
淀 *deːns
靛 *deːns
症 *tjɯŋs
竀 *rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征 *tjeŋ
怔 *tjeŋ
正 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦 *tjeŋ
鴊 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐 *tjeŋ
佂 *tjeŋ
整 *tjeŋʔ
政 *tjeŋs
証 *tjeŋs
定 *teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁 *teːŋs
錠 *teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟 *deːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs): semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note: deng6 - variant.
Note:
  • diâng - vernacular;
  • dêng - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • tiāⁿ - vernacular;
    • tēng - literary.
    Note:
    • dian7 - vernacular;
    • dêng6 - literary.
  • Wu
    Rime
    Character 定
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 定 (7)
    Final (韻) 青 (125)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 徒徑切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/deŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/deŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/dɛŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/dɛjŋH/
    Li
    Rong         		/deŋH/
    Wang
    Li         		/dieŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/dʱieŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		dìng
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 定 定
    Reading # 1/3 2/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		dìng dìng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ dengH › ‹ dengH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*N-tˁeŋ-s/ /*m-tˁeŋ-s/
    English become fixed; settled (v.i.) make fixed, settle (v.t.)

    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 定
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 17187
    Phonetic
    component         		正
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		定
    Old
    Chinese         		/*deːŋs/
    Notes 小徐正聲

    Definitions[edit]

    定

    1. stable; steady; fixed
      之前已經講定 [Cantonese, trad.]
      之前已经讲定 [Cantonese, simp.]
      zi1 cin4 ji5 ging1 gong2 ding6 [Jyutping]
      already discussed and settled upon for some time
    2. to fix; to stabilise
    3. to put down; to suppress
    4. to establish; to prepare the ground for
    5. to decide; to resolve
    6. to determine; to settle
    7. certainly; definitely; surely
    8. † after all; at all
      定係 / 定系 [Cantonese]  ―  ding6 hai6 [Jyutping]  ―  or
    9. (Cantonese) Short for 定係／定系 (“or”).
    10. A surname​.
    11. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡈ (t-)

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Rime
    Character 定
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 端 (5)
    Final (韻) 青 (125)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 丁定切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/teŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/teŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/tɛŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/tɛjŋH/
    Li
    Rong         		/teŋH/
    Wang
    Li         		/tieŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/tieŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		dìng
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 定
    Reading # 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		dìng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tengH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tˁeŋ-s/
    English ready-cooked (food)

    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 定
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 17181
    Phonetic
    component         		正
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		矴
    Old
    Chinese         		/*teːŋs/
    Notes 見詩

    Definitions[edit]

    定

    1. (～星) (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions
    2. † forehead
      ⇒ 顁／𬱫
    3. † Original form of 錠／锭 (dìng, “Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks.”).
    4. ‡ A kind of hoe.
    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 定

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    定

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. determine, fix, establish, decide

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Proper noun[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    定
    さだ
    Grade: 3
    kun’yomi

    定(さだ) • (Sada) 

    1. A female given name

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    定 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng)

    1. Decide, settle
    2. Fix

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    定 (định)

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