Dong Chinese dictionary

dīng

cubes

Original meaning:

city wall

In ancient scripts 丁 was written in two different ways: (1) depicting the walls of a city, which is now written as 圍, or (2) depicting a nail, which is now written as 釘.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

丁

dīng

male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem; fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shítiāngān]; fourth in order; letter "D" or Roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; butyl; cubes (of food)

丁

Dīng

surname Ding

Most common words with 丁