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Character Decomposition
Etymology
A nail
Meanings2 pronunciations
dīng
male adult
the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 tiān gān
fourth (used like "4" or "D")
small cube of meat or vegetable
(literary) to encounter
(archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
(chemistry) butyl
surname Ding
zhēng
used in 丁丁 zhēng zhēng
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Words with 丁 418 total
pudding (loanword)布丁bù dīngtiny bit丁点dīng diǎnTintin, fictional comic character created by Hergé丁丁Dīng dīng(onom.) ding dong · jingling of bells · clanking sound丁冬dīng dōng(in ancient times) a man old enough for corvée or military service丁夫dīng fū(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent丁艰dīng jiān
Idioms with 丁 21 total Chain
total illiterate · unable to read the simplest characters不识一丁bù shí yī dīngforgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) · unheeding the lessons of the past不知丁董bù zhī Dīng Dǒnglit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom) · fig. meticulous · conscientious · unambiguous丁是丁，卯是卯dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎoto burn down (idiom)付之丙丁fù zhī bǐng dīng
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