The 丁 family
丁 · dīng · ㄉㄧㄥ — male adult
Know 丁 and the readings of 8 more characters follow: 頂、釘、盯、寧、訂、汀、叮、亭. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 頂dǐng · ㄉㄧㄥˇ部首 頁 · pageapex; crown of the head79%
- 釘dīng · ㄉㄧㄥ部首 金 · goldnail; to follow closely88%
- 盯dīng · ㄉㄧㄥ部首 目 · eyeto watch attentively; to fix one's attention on88%
- 寧níng · ㄋㄧㄥˊ部首 宀 寶蓋頭 · "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖peaceful; to pacify66%
- 訂dìng · ㄉㄧㄥˋ部首 言 · wordsto agree; to conclude79%
- 汀tīng · ㄊㄧㄥ部首 氵 三點水 · watersandbar; shoal66%
- 叮dīng · ㄉㄧㄥ部首 口 · mouthto sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly88%
- 亭tíng · ㄊㄧㄥˊ部首 亠 · "lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)pavilion; booth66%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 丁 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 丁 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 78%.
Words this family builds
- 屋頂
- 訂婚
- 拉丁
- 布丁
- 頂級
- 山頂
- 寧靜
- 寧願
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