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dìng

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dìng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dìng | ding4
English translation
spindle, ingot; tablet, slab

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About dìng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

dìng

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of dìng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅定

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

dìng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and dìng represents the sound. Simplified form of dìng .

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Words with dìng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dìng ingot dìng
银锭 yín dìng silver ingot銀錠
纸锭 zhǐ dìng paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead)紙錠

dìng Decomposition & Compounds

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