Dong Chinese dictionary

dīng, dìng

nail

Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

金 Meaning component

jīn

metal

丁 Sound component

dīng

cubes

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dīng

nail, spike; pursue closely; nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth); variant of 盯[dīng]

dìng

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on

Most common words with 釘

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