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

Han character[edit]

定 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: 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／形声, 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
  • Xiang
    • 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
    Baxter dengH
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ding6
    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
      我公公揸筆揸得好定。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我公公揸笔揸得好定。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 gung1 gung1 zaa1 bat1 zaa1 dak1 hou2 ding6. [Jyutping]
      My grandpa holds the pen really steadily
      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. to order; to reserve
      定貨／定货  ―  dìng huò  ―  to order goods
      定位  ―  dìng wèi  ―  to reserve a place
    8. certainly; definitely; surely
    9. † after all; at all
    10. (Cantonese) calm
    11. (Cantonese) in advance
      想唔暈船浪，就食定暈浪丸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      想唔晕船浪，就食定晕浪丸。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      soeng2 m4 wan4 syun4 long6, zau6 sik6 ding6 wan4 long6 jyun2. [Jyutping]
      If you don't want to get seasick, then take a motion sickness pill in advance.
      我阿媽日日都五點就開定檯等我哋返屋企食飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我阿妈日日都五点就开定台等我哋返屋企食饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 aa3 maa1 jat6 jat6 dou1 ng5 dim2 zau6 hoi1 ding6 toi4-2 dang2 ngo5 dei6 faan1 uk1 kei2 sik6 faan6. [Jyutping]
      My mother sets the table in advance at five o'clock, waiting for us to come home for dinner.
    12. (Cantonese) Short for 定係／定系 (“or”).
      你想食飯定麵啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      你想食饭定面啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      nei5 soeng2 sik6 faan6 ding6 min6 aa3? [Jyutping]
      Do you want to have rice or noodles?
    13. a surname
    14. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 定 (MC dengH)
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (to decide; to determine): 決／决 (jué)
    • (or):
    Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 抑, 或
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 抑或, 還是
    Mandarin Taiwan 還是
    Yangzhou 還是
    Singapore 還是
    Cantonese Guangzhou 定係, 定
    Hong Kong 定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
    Taishan 毋, 毋又
    Gan Nanchang 還是
    Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 還係, 也係
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 還係, 也係
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 還係, 也係
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 還係, 也係
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 還係, 也係
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 抑係
    Huizhou Jixi 還是
    Min Dong Fuzhou 故是
    Min Nan Xiamen 抑是, 抑
    Quanzhou 抑是, 抑
    Zhangzhou 抑是, 抑
    Taipei 抑是
    Penang (Hokkien) 抑是
    Singapore (Hokkien) 抑是
    Manila (Hokkien) 抑是
    Chaozhou 抑是
    Singapore (Teochew) 抑是
    Xiang Loudi 還是

    Descendants[edit]

    • → Thai: เที่ยง (tîiang)

    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
    Baxter tengH
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ding3
    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
      See also: 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]

    Pronunciation 3[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    定

    1. (Cantonese) Sentence final particle used to make assumptions.
    Derived terms[edit]

    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 (eumhun 정할 정 (jeonghal jeong))

    1. Hanja form? of 정 (“decide, settle”).
    2. Hanja form? of 정 (“fix”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    定: Hán Nôm readings: định

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