丁

丁 · dīng

male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem

Mandarin
dīng
Cantonese
ding1

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 丁 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

チョウテイトウ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

あたるひのとよぼろ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

チョウ テイ トウ あたる ひのと よぼろ

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

정

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
정
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

정:0E

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

đinh

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

đinh

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+4E01
Radical
一 · 1
Strokes
2 · Unihan
Residual
1

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

2 strokes
丁
Strokes
2
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

2 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.

Graphical structure

⿱一亅(GHTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 丁

Character connections

18 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

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All 9 connected characters

Reverse links to attributed component analyses. Open each character for its role, source and words. Shared components do not establish word ancestry.

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
treang · 中莖 反切 · #895
Middle Chinese
teng · 當經 反切 · #935

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 7153 · treang = 梗開二平耕知 · teng = 梗開四平青端

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
dīng
kCantonese
ding1
kDefinition
male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
kTotalStrokes
2
kRSUnicode
1.1
kGradeLevel
1
kTGH
2013:5

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
dīng,zhēng 10002.050
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
dīng 0252.010 · zhēng 1472.010
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
dīng粵ding1 zhéng粵zang1
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

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The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

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Structure & connections

0.10
163dictionary records using 丁20forms using this shape9attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
一 above 亅 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱一亅$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱一亅$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.