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U+5B9A, 定
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9A

[U+5B99]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5B9B]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
8 strokes
Stroke order

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 40, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 30801, composition 𤴓)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7109
  • Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 918, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5B9A

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs): semantic + phonetic (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Pronunciation 1[edit]


Note: deng6 - variant.
Note:
  • diâng - vernacular;
  • dêng - literary.
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • tiāⁿ - vernacular;
    • tēng - literary.
    Note:
    • dian7 - vernacular;
    • dêng6 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (7)
    Final () (125)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter dengH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /deŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /deŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /dɛŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /dɛjŋH/
    Li
    Rong
    /deŋH/
    Wang
    Li
    /dieŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /dʱieŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    dìng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ding6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 2/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    dìng dìng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ dengH › ‹ dengH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*N-tˁeŋ-s/ /*m-tˁeŋ-s/
    English become fixed; settled (v.i.) make fixed, settle (v.t.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 17187
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*deːŋs/
    Notes

    Definitions[edit]

    1. stable; steady; fixed
      公公 [Cantonese, trad.]
      公公 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 gung1 gung1 zaa1 bat1 zaa1 dak1 hou2 ding6. [Jyutping]
      My grandpa holds the pen really steadily
      之前已經 [Cantonese, trad.]
      之前已经 [Cantonese, simp.]
      zi1 cin4 ji5 ging1 gong2 ding6 [Jyutping]
      already discussed and settled upon for some time
    2. to fix; to stabilise
    3. to put down; to suppress
    4. to establish; to prepare the ground for
    5. to decide; to resolve
    6. to determine; to settle
    7. to order; to reserve
        ―  dìng huò  ―  to order goods
        ―  dìng wèi  ―  to reserve a place
    8. certainly; definitely; surely
    9. after all; at all
    10. (Cantonese) calm
    11. (Cantonese) in advance
      暈船浪暈浪丸 [Cantonese, trad.]
      晕船浪晕浪丸 [Cantonese, simp.]
      soeng2 m4 wan4 syun4 long6, zau6 sik6 ding6 wan4 long6 jyun2. [Jyutping]
      If you don't want to get seasick, then take a motion sickness pill in advance.
      阿媽日日我哋返屋企食飯 [Cantonese, trad.]
      阿妈日日我哋返屋企食饭 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 aa3 maa1 jat6 jat6 dou1 ng5 dim2 zau6 hoi1 ding6 toi4-2 dang2 ngo5 dei6 faan1 uk1 kei2 sik6 faan6. [Jyutping]
      My mother sets the table in advance at five o'clock, waiting for us to come home for dinner.
    12. (Cantonese) Short for 定係定系 (“or”).
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      [Cantonese, simp.]
      nei5 soeng2 sik6 faan6 ding6 min6 aa3? [Jyutping]
      Do you want to have rice or noodles?
    13. a surname
    14. () (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (MC dengH)
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (to decide; to determine): (jué)
    • (or):

    Descendants[edit]

    • Thai: เที่ยง (tîiang)

    Pronunciation 2[edit]



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (5)
    Final () (125)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter tengH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /teŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /teŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /tɛŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /tɛjŋH/
    Li
    Rong
    /teŋH/
    Wang
    Li
    /tieŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /tieŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    dìng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ding3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    dìng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tengH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tˁeŋ-s/
    English ready-cooked (food)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 17181
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*teːŋs/
    Notes

    Definitions[edit]

    1. () (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions
    2. forehead
      See also: 𬱫
    3. Original form of (dìng, “Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks.”).
    4. A kind of hoe.
    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Pronunciation 3[edit]


    Definitions[edit]

    1. (Cantonese) Sentence final particle used to make assumptions.
    Derived terms[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. determine, fix, establish, decide

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Proper noun[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    さだ
    Grade: 3
    kun’yomi

    (さだ) (Sada

    1. a female given name

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun 정할 (jeonghal jeong))

    1. Hanja form? of (decide, settle).
    2. Hanja form? of (fix).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: định

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