耵

耵 · dīng

earwax

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
dīng
Cantonese
ding1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

earwax

Dictionary definitions & readings

耵 dīng · used in 耵聹 dīng níng; Taiwan pr. dǐng

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42783.040:dīng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0252.040:dīng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
077.020:dīng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
dīng,dǐng粵ding1,ding2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テイ チョウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
都挺 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SJMN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1142.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0965.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
319.39 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8035
Radical
耳 · 128
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
2
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6656

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

8 strokes
耵
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tengX · 都挺 · 梗開四上青端 · #1901

PHONO-ML, source line 11944; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1081.603
kDaeJaweon
1413.160
kHanYu
42783.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1413.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42783.040
kIRGKangXi
0965.110
kKangXi
0965.110
kMorohashi
29005
kSBGY
319.39
kSMSZD2003Index
545.05
kCangjie
SJMN
kFourCornerCode
1142.0
kMojiJoho
MJ020815
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7174
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CDAA
kIRG_JSource
J13-7A47
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6A05
kIRG_KSource
K2-5454
kIRG_TSource
T2-284A
kRSUnicode
128.2
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
CDAA
kCCCII
227660
kCNS1986
2-284A
kCNS1992
2-284A
kEACC
227660
kGB0
8184
kGB1
8184
kJIS0213
1,90,39
kJis1
5360
kTGH
2013:6656
kXerox
320:366
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17048+128.6.2
kCantonese
ding1
kDefinition
earwax
kFanqie
都挺
kHanyuPinyin
42783.040:dīng
kJapanese
テイ チョウ
kJapaneseKun
MIMIKUSO
kJapaneseOn
TEI CHOU
kMandarin
dīng
kSMSZD2003Readings
dīng,dǐng粵ding1,ding2
kTGHZ2013
077.020:dīng
kXHC1983
0252.040:dīng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 耵0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
耳 beside 丁 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰耳丁$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰耳丁$(GHTJKP)

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