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钉

dīng, dìng

nail

Simplified form of 釘. Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components
金 meaning component

金  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

丁 sound component

丁  Sound component

dīng

  

cubes

Evolution

钉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
钉 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
钉 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
钉 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
钉 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

钉 (釘) 

dīng

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

钉 (釘) 

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 钉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

钉

nail

钉子

nail

螺钉

screw

铆钉

rivet

斩钉截铁

unhesitating

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.5787% of movies

1899th most common character in movies

2267th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

釘

Unicode

U+9489


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