汀

汀	U+6C40, 汀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C40

Translingual

Han character

汀 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 水一弓 (EMN), four-corner 3112₀, composition ⿰氵丁)

Derived characters

𱒓, 𣐘, 𦭑, 𬵋

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 604, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17103
Dae Jaweon: page 997, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1548, character 2
Unihan data for U+6C40

Chinese

simp. and trad.		汀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 汀
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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 *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs): semantic 水 (“river”) + phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tīng (ting¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ting¹ / ding¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thîn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): theng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ting
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing¹
  - Yale: tīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ting
  - Palladius: тин (tin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ting¹ / ding¹
  - Yale: tīng / dīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ting¹ / ding¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ting¹ / ding¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/, /tɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰin²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theng
  - Tâi-lô: thing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tefng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thin
  - MiniDict: thin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰin⁵³/

Middle Chinese: theng

Rime
Character	汀
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他丁切
Baxter	theng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/tʰeŋ/
Wang Li	/tʰieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ting¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tīng
Middle Chinese	‹ theng ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰˁeŋ/
English	level land beside water
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	汀
Reading #	1/2
No.	2397
Phonetic component	丁
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	汀
Old Chinese	/*tʰeːŋ/

Definitions

汀

islet; shore, sandbar, shoal, sandbank

Compounds

克來汀症 / 克来汀症
奧斯汀 / 奥斯汀 (Àosītīng)
水汀 (shuǐtīng)
水門汀 / 水门汀 (shuǐméntīng)
汀州 (Tīngzhōu)
汀曲
汀洲 (tīngzhōu)
汀祖 (Tīngzǔ)
汀線 / 汀线

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tīng, tìng (ting¹, ting⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ, ㄊㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ting
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing¹
  - Yale: tīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ting
  - Palladius: тин (tin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tìng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing⁴
  - Yale: tìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinq
  - Palladius: тин (tin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: thengH

Rime
Character	汀
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他定切
Baxter	thengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰeŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰeŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛjŋ^H/
Li Rong	/tʰeŋ^H/
Wang Li	/tʰieŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰieŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ting³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰeːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汀
Reading #	2/2
No.	2405
Phonetic component	丁
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	聽
Old Chinese	/*tʰeːŋs/

Definitions

汀

only used in 汀瀅

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìng (ding⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴
  - Yale: dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
  - Palladius: дин (din)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

汀

only used in 汀濘

References

“汀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

汀

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

beach, shore, water's edge

Readings

Go-on: ちょう (chō)
Kan-on: てい (tei)
Kun: みぎわ (migiwa, 汀)、なぎさ (nagisa, 汀)

Compounds

砂汀(さてい) (satei)
沙汀(さてい) (satei)
池汀(ちてい) (chitei)
長汀(ちょうてい) (chōtei)
長汀曲浦(ちょうていきょくほ) (chōteikyokuho)
汀州(ていしゅう) (teishū)
汀洲(ていしゅう) (teishū)
汀渚(ていしょ) (teisho)
汀線(ていせん) (teisen); or 汀線(みぎわせん) (migiwasen)

Names with 汀

Definitions

Kanji in this term
汀
みぎわ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
汀
なぎさ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 汀 – see the following entry.

【渚なぎさ】J	[noun] the water's edge: [noun] beach [noun] shore [noun] bank (as of a river or stream) [proper noun] a place name [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a unisex given name
【渚みぎわ】J	[noun] the water's edge, waterside (land around a body of water): [noun] beach [noun] shore [noun] bank (as of a river or stream) [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings 水際, 滸

(This term, 汀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

“^▲汀”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 汀 (MC theng). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎌ᇰ (tyeng) (Yale: tyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

汀

汀 (eumhun 물가 정 (mulga jeong))

hanja form^? of 정 (“shore”)

Compounds

사정 (沙汀/砂汀, sajeong)
정저 (汀渚, jeongjeo)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

汀: Hán Nôm readings: đênh, đinh, thinh

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