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丁


丁 U+4E01, 丁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E01
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Han character edit

丁 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一弓 (MN), four-corner 10200, composition ⿱一亅)

Derived characters edit

Further reading edit

Chinese Wikisource has digitized text of the Kangxi Dictionary entry for 丁:
[[wikisource:zh:康熙字典/丁部/二畫#丁|丁部/二畫]]

Wikisource


  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 75, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2
  • Dae Jaweon: page 135, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 2, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4E01

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 丁
alternative forms 𠆤

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 丁
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing) Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script Ming typeface
                   
Oracle bone script
 

j30153

 

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Bronze inscriptions
 

b20292

 

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Small seal script
 

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Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L33441

 

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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
圢 *tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町 *tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打 *rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯 *rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾 *rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁 *rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎 *rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰 *rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨 *rdeːŋ
釘 *teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪 *teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃 *teːŋ
叮 *teːŋ
疔 *teːŋ
頂 *teːŋʔ
奵 *teːŋʔ
耵 *teːŋʔ
酊 *teːŋʔ
葶 *teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴 *teːŋs
訂 *teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣 *teːŋs
汀 *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼 *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁 *tʰeːŋ
婷 *deːŋ
停 *deːŋ
聤 *deːŋ
渟 *deːŋ
楟 *deːŋ
亭 *deːŋ

Pictogram (象形) – different theories exist:

  • a city wall. The derivative 成 and later 城 is now used to represent this sense. Characters like 邑， 正／征 contains it as a semantic component.
  • a head. The derivative 天 and 頂 is now used to represent this sense. Characters like 元 contains it as a semantic component.
  • a nail. The derivative 釘 is now used to represent this sense.

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 丁 (姓丁)
Mandarin Beijing /tiŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /tiŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /tiŋ²¹/
Jinan /tiŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /tiŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /tiŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /tiŋ²¹/
Xining /tiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /tiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /tĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /tiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /tin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /tin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /tin⁵⁵/
Kunming /tĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /tin³¹/
Hefei /tin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /tiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /tiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /tĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /tiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /tin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /tin³³/
Wenzhou /teŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /tiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /tɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /tin³³/
Xiangtan /tin³³/
Gan Nanchang /tiɑŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ten⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /ten²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /teŋ⁵³/
Nanning /teŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /tiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tiŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /taiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /teŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdeŋ²³/
Rime
Character 丁
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 當經切
Baxter teng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/teŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/teŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/teŋ/
Wang
Li 		/tieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ding1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丁 丁
Reading # 1/3 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dīng dīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ teng › ‹ teng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁeŋ/ /*tˁeŋ/
English 4th heavenly stem nail (n.)

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 丁
Reading # 2/2
No. 2378
Phonetic
component 		丁
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		丁
Old
Chinese 		/*teːŋ/
Notes 釘（鋌塊）初文

Definitions edit

丁

  1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
  2. fourth; D
    丁烷  ―  dīngwán  ―  butane (fourth alkane)
  3. robust; vigorous
  4. male adult; man
    壯丁／壮丁  ―  zhuàngdīng  ―  able-bodied man
  5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family
    人丁  ―  réndīng  ―  person
  6. small cube
    肉丁  ―  ròudīng  ―  pork cubes
  7. (literary) to encounter
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 出前一丁 (“Demae Itcho”), a type of instant noodles.
    撈丁／捞丁 [Cantonese]  ―  lou1 ding1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  9. a surname
    丁肇中  ―  Dīng Zhàozhōng  ―  Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist)
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 男人 (“man (adult male)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 夫, 男, 丁, 士, 丈夫, 男子, 丁男, 男丁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 男人, 男子, 男士, 男性, 漢子, 男子漢, 男兒, 男丁
Mandarin Beijing 男的, 男人, 爺們兒
Taiwan 男人, 男生
Langfang 男的
Tangshan 男的
Cangzhou 老爺兒們兒
Baoding 男人
Shijiazhuang 男的
Daming 男嘞
Ulanhot 男性
Tongliao 男的
Chifeng 男子
Bayanhot 男人, 爺們
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 男性, 男子漢, 男人家
Harbin 男人, 爺們兒, 老爺們兒, 大老爺們兒, 漢子
Shenyang 男人
Yantai (Muping) 男人, 漢子
Qingdao 男人, 男的
Jinan 男人, 男的, 爺們兒
Luoyang 男人, 漢子
Wanrong 男人
Zhengzhou 爺兒們
Kaifeng 男人家
Xi'an 男人, 男的, 男人家
Yinchuan 男人
Lanzhou 男人, 男人家
Xining 男人, 男的, 男人家
Ürümqi 男人, 男人家
Yanqi 男人
Wuhan 男人, 男將, 男的, 男人家
Huanggang 男將
Chengdu 男的, 男人
Guiyang 男的, 男人
Kunming 男的, 男人, 漢子
Guilin 男人
Liuzhou 男的, 男人家, 男人公
Tianlin (Langping) 男人
Xuzhou 男人, 男的, 爺們兒
Yangzhou 男人家
Xinghua 男的, 男將, 男人家
Nanjing 男人家, 男的, 男人
Hefei 男的, 老爹們
Nantong 男將, 男的
Malaysia 男人
Singapore 男人
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 男人, 男子漢
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 男人
Dagudi (Maliba) 兒子, 漢子
Reshuitang (Longling) 兒子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 漢子, 兒子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 兒子
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 老爺們兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 男人, 佬, 男子佬
Hong Kong 男人, 佬
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 佬
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 男人, 佬
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 男人
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 男子佬
Macau 男人
Guangzhou (Panyu) 男人, 佬
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 男人
Guangzhou (Conghua) 男人
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 男人
Foshan 男人, 佬
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 男人
Foshan (Shunde) 男人
Foshan (Sanshui) 男人
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 男人
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 男人
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 男人
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 男人, 佬
Zhuhai (Doumen) 男人, 佬
Jiangmen (Baisha) 男人, 佬
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 男人, 佬
Taishan 男人, 佬
Kaiping (Chikan) 男人, 佬
Enping (Niujiang) 男人, 佬
Heshan (Yayao) 男人
Dongguan 男人, 佬
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 男人
Qingyuan 男人, 佬
Fogang 男人
Yingde (Hanguang) 男人
Yangshan 男人佬
Lianshan (Butian) 男佬
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 男仔
Shaoguan 男人, 佬
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 男人
Renhua 男人
Lechang 男人
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 佬
Sihui 佬
Guangning 佬
Deqing 男人
Huaiji 男人, 佬
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 男人
Yunfu 佬人
Xinxing 男人
Luoding 男人, 男人佬
Yunan (Pingtai) 男人
Yangjiang 佬仔, 佬
Xinyi 佬
Lianjiang 男子佬, 佬
Nanning 男人, 佬
Wuzhou 男人, 男人佬
Yulin 男人
Hepu (Lianzhou) 男人
Beihai 男人, 佬兒
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 男人
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 男人
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 男人, 老仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 男人, 佬
Singapore (Guangfu) 男人
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 男人
Móng Cái 男人
Gan Nanchang 男人, 男個
Pengze 男人
Poyang 男個
Yugan 男個
Wannian 男個
Yiyang, Jiangxi 男客
Hengfeng 男子人
Yanshan 男子人
Lichuan 男客
Pingxiang 男子人, 男人
Guixi 男子人
Hakka Meixian 男個, 男仔人
Xingning 丈夫家
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 男人
Huidong (Daling) 男子人
Dongguan (Qingxi) 男子佬, 老哥
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老哥
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 男子佬
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 男人
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 男仔人
Wuhua (Huacheng) 男哩人, 男人
Wuhua (Changbu) 男牯佬, 男哩人
Heyuan (Bendihua) 男哩
Wengyuan 男子人
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 男子佬
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 男子人
Liannan 男仔
Conghua (Lütian) 男人
Jiexi 男人
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 男子人
Changting 男子人
Wuping 男子人
Wuping (Yanqian) 男子人
Wuping (Pingyu) 男子人
Liancheng 男子倽
Ninghua 男人, 男子倽, 男子人, 男個
Yudu 男子人, 男個
Ningdu 男子人
Ruijin 男子人, 男個
Shicheng 男子人, 男人
Shangyou (Shexi) 男子人, 男子佬
Tonggu (Sandu) 倈子人
Ganzhou (Panlong) 男子人
Dayu 男子人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 男仔人, 細倈人
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 男仔人, 細倈仔人
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 男仔人, 細倈人
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 男人, 細倈人
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 男人, 男仔人, 細倈人
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 男子人, 男子, 囝子人
Hong Kong 老哥
Yangxi (Tangkou) 男子佬
Yangchun (Sanjia) 男人
Xinyi (Sihe) 男子佬
Xinyi (Qianpai) 男人
Gaozhou (Xindong) 男子佬
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 男子佬
Huazhou (Xin'an) 男子佬
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 男子
Lianjiang (Qingping) 男子, 男佬
Mengshan (Xihe) 男人
Luchuan 男子佬
Luchuan (Daqiao) 男人
Sabah (Longchuan) 男人
Senai (Huiyang) 男人
Senai (Hepo) 男仔, 男人
Singkawang 男子人, 倈子人, 倈仔
Huizhou Jixi 男子家, 男仂
Shexian 男人, 官客
Tunxi 男人家
Xiuning 男人家
Yixian 男個
Qimen 男子漢
Wuyuan 男人家, 男個
Fuliang 男個
Dexing 男客, 男客人
Jin Taiyuan 男的, 男人, 男人家
Xinzhou 男人
Taibus (Baochang) 男人
Linhe 男人
Jining 男人
Hohhot 男人, 男的
Baotou 男人
Dongsheng 男人
Haibowan 男人
Zhangjiakou 男人
Handan 漢們
Northern Min Jian'ou 男人
Jian'ou (Dikou) 丈夫人, 丈夫
Songxi 丈夫
Zhenghe 丈夫客, 丈夫
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 丈夫客
Jianyang 男人
Wuyishan 男人
Pucheng (Shibei) 丈夫人, 丈夫
Eastern Min Fuzhou 丈夫儂, 男界
Changle 男界, 丈夫儂
Fuqing 丈夫儂
Pingtan 丈夫儂
Yongtai 丈夫儂
Gutian 丈夫儂
Fu'an 丈夫儂
Ningde 丈夫儂, 丈夫
Shouning 丈夫儂
Zhouning 丈夫儂
Fuding 丈夫儂
Matsu 丈夫儂, 男界
Southern Min Xiamen 丈夫, 丈夫儂, 丈夫囝
Xiamen (Tong'an) 丈夫
Quanzhou 丈夫, 丈夫儂, 丈夫囝
Jinjiang 丈夫, 丈夫儂
Nan'an 丈夫
Shishi 丈夫
Hui'an 丈夫
Anxi 丈夫
Yongchun 丈夫
Dehua 丈夫
Zhangzhou 丈夫, 丈夫儂, 丈夫囝
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 丈夫
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 丈夫儂, 丈夫
Hua'an 丈夫
Nanjing 丈夫
Pinghe 丈夫
Zhangpu 丈夫, 丈夫儂
Yunxiao 丈夫
Zhao'an 丈夫, 丈夫儂
Dongshan 丈夫
Taipei 丈夫
Kaohsiung 丈夫
Yilan 丈夫個
Changhua (Lukang) 丈夫儂
Taichung 丈夫個
Taichung (Wuqi) 丈夫
Tainan 丈夫儂, 丈夫, 丈夫個
Taitung 丈夫儂
Hsinchu 丈夫
Kinmen 丈夫
Penghu (Magong) 丈夫儂
Penang (Hokkien) 丈夫
Singapore (Hokkien) 丈夫, 丈夫儂, 丈夫囝
Manila (Hokkien) 丈夫, 丈夫儂, 男的
Longyan 丈夫儂, 丈夫仔儂
Zhangping 丈夫儂
Zhangping (Yongfu) 丈夫儂
Datian 丈夫
Pingnan (Shangdu) 男儂
Chaozhou 丈夫
Raoping 丈夫
Shantou 丈夫
Shantou (Chenghai) 丈夫
Jieyang 丈夫
Lufeng 丈夫儂
Haifeng 丈夫儂
Bangkok (Teochew) 丈夫
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 丈夫
Hat Yai (Teochew) 丈夫
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 丈夫儂
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 丈夫
Penang (Teochew) 丈夫
Singapore (Teochew) 丈夫, 丈夫儂
Leizhou 男儂, 公爹
Wenchang 公爹, 丈夫, 公爹儂
Haikou 男儂, 公爹儂, 公爹
Qionghai 公爹, 丈夫
Singapore (Hainanese) 公爹
Puxian Min Putian 丈夫
Xianyou 丈夫
Fuding (Aoyao) 大夫儂
Central Min Yong'an 丈夫倽
Sanyuan 丈夫倽
Shaxian 丈夫倽
Yanping (Wangtai) 男人
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 男儂, 佬
Sanxiang 男儂, 佬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 男人
Nanning (Xinxu) 男人
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 男人, 男個
Shehua Fu'an 男人
Fuding 男人
Luoyuan 夫郎人
Sanming 男人
Shunchang 男人
Hua'an 男人
Guixi (Zhangping) 男人
Cangnan 男人
Jingning 男人
Lishui 男人
Longyou 男人
Chaozhou 男人
Fengshun 男人
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 後生家
Wu Shanghai 男人家, 男個, 男人, 男客家 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 男人, 男客, 男客家
Suzhou 男人
Wuxi 男人, 男個
Danyang 男個家, 男個
Hangzhou 男人家, 男人, 男的
Ningbo 男人, 男人家, 男個, 男𡢿
Wenzhou 男個, 男子客
Jinhua 男個, 男子人, 男人
Jinhua (Tangxi) 男子, 男子儂
Shangrao 男子人
Shangrao (Guangfeng) 男子儂
Yushan 男子
Xiang Changsha 男的, 男人, 男人家
Loudi 男人家
Shuangfeng 男人家
Quanzhou 男人
Coordinate terms edit
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
  • → Zhuang: ding

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 丁
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 中莖切
Baxter treang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ȶɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ȶæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zang1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丁
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trɛng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁreŋ/
English sound of beating

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 丁
Reading # 1/2
No. 2372
Phonetic
component 		丁
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		朾
Old
Chinese 		/*rteːŋ/

Definitions edit

丁

  1. Only used in 丁丁 (zhēngzhēng).

Etymology 3 edit

Glyph approximation of J (zei1).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

丁

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, euphemistic) penis (Classifier: 條／条)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 玉莖, 陽具, 陽物, 陰體, 人道, 身根
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 陰莖, 陽具, 男根
Mandarin Beijing 雞巴, 卵子, 家伙, 帽兒, 大帽兒, 雀子 †, 小雞兒 †, 小蟲兒 †
Taiwan 雞雞, 屌, 肉棒, 老二, 命根, 命根子, 小弟弟, 小鳥 †, 小雞雞 †
Harbin 雞巴, 雞巴嘚兒, 雞巴頭子, 嘚兒, 牛子, 老二, 二哥, 腿兒, 牛牛兒 †, 小牛子 †, 家雀兒 †
Yantai (Muping) 鴨子, 雞子, 雞巴, 屌, 小鴨兒 †
Jinan 屌, 小雞兒 †, 小雞雞 †
Luoyang 雞巴, 屌, 膀, 雞巴兒 †, 小雞兒雞兒 †
Wanrong 鴨子, 鴨兒 †
Xi'an 㞗, 錘子, 牛牛兒 †
Yinchuan 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞 †
Lanzhou 㞗, 牛牛子 †
Xining 雞巴, 㞗, 錘子, 雞雞 †
Ürümqi 㞗, 㞗把子, 錘子, 雞雞 †, 㞗㞗 †
Wuhan 鴨蒂, 雞巴, 卵, 雀雀 †, 鴨鴨 †, 雞雞 †
Huanggang 卵, 雞巴
Chengdu 錘子, 雞巴, 雞棍兒, 雞兒, 雀雀兒, 雀雀, 麻雀兒, 毛鰱魚, 老二, 㞗, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 小麻雀兒 †, 小雀雀兒 †
Guiyang 雞巴, 大雞巴, 乾雞巴, 馬雞巴, 卵子, 㞗, 屌, 下二哥, 二哥, 甩甩, 錘錘 dated, 錘子 dated, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 麻雀 †, 小麻雀 †, 雀雀 †
Liuzhou 鳥, 卵, 二老爺, 大頭蟲, 鳥崽 †
Xuzhou 屌, 雞巴, 雞尜尜, 屌頭子, 老二, 二哥, 一家人兒, 打種的 dated, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 尜尜 †, 小老雀兒 †, 老雀兒 †
Yangzhou 雞巴, 屌子, 屌, 卵子, 麻雀子 †
Nanjing 雞巴, 屌, 麻雀, 小麻雀兒 †
Hefei 屌, 雞巴, 尕尕雞 †, 尕雞 †
Nantong 屌兒, 屌
Singapore 小鳥 †
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 㞗
Cantonese Guangzhou 鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓舟, 小便, 祠堂, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 鳩脧 †, 脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong 鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓舟, 雀, 弟弟, 細佬, 何B仔, 子孫根, 祠堂, 第三隻腳, 第五肢, 是非根, J slang, 丁 slang, 丁丁 slang, 腸 slang, 腸仔 slang, 嘢 euphemistic, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 脧脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 𡳞, 鵝仔 †
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 鵝仔, 𡳞
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 𡳞, 𡳞仔 †
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 𡳞
Macau 鳩
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鳩, 𨳍
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鳩
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鳩
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鳩
Foshan 鳩
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鳩
Foshan (Shunde) 鳩
Foshan (Sanshui) 鳩, 𨳍
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鳩
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鳩, 𨳍
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 𨳍
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鳩脧, 𨳍
Zhuhai (Doumen) 𨳍, 鳩
Jiangmen (Baisha) 雀, 𡳞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 𡳞, 鳩
Taishan 𡳞, 雀 †, 雀仔 †
Kaiping (Chikan) 𡳞, 𨳍
Enping (Niujiang) 𡳞, 𨳍
Heshan (Yayao) 𨳍
Dongguan 𡳞, 鵝必 †
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 𡳞
Qingyuan 鳩
Fogang 𨳍
Yingde (Hanguang) 鳩
Yangshan 巧
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 巧
Shaoguan 𨳍
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 鳩
Renhua 𡳞子
Lechang 雞巴, 𨳍
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 鳩
Sihui 巧, 鳩, 𨳍
Guangning 巧
Deqing 屌, 𨳍
Huaiji 鳩
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 鳩
Yunfu 𨳍
Xinxing 𨳍
Luoding 𨳍
Yunan (Pingtai) 鳩
Yangjiang 鳩, 𨳍
Xinyi 𨳍
Nanning 𨳍
Hepu (Lianzhou) 鳩脧
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
Ipoh (Guangfu) 屌, 𨳍, 撚, 咕咕, 雀仔, 水喉, 大鵰, 賓舟, 慈姑椗
Singapore (Guangfu) 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 賓舟
Gan Nanchang 卵, 卵雞子 †, 卵雞 †
Lichuan 卵, 老二
Pingxiang 卵, 卵仔 †, 雞仔 †
Hakka Meixian 𡳞棍, 𡳞仔, 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔 †
Xingning 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧 †, 咕咕 †
Huidong (Daling) 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 脧
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 脧
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 𡳞, 脧
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 𨳍
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Huacheng) 脧哩, 脧, 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Changbu) 脧
Wuhua (Mianyang) 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Heyuan (Bendihua) 𡳞
Wengyuan 𡳞子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 𡳞棍
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 𡳞棍, 脧
Liannan 脧子
Conghua (Lütian) 𨳍
Jiexi 脧
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 𡳞
Changting 𡳞子, 𡳞
Wuping 𡳞
Wuping (Yanqian) 𡳞子
Wuping (Pingyu) 𡳞
Liancheng 𡳞, 脧
Ninghua 脧
Yudu 卵, 卵子 †, 尒卵子 †
Ningdu 卵
Ruijin 卵陀
Shicheng 卵梗
Shangyou (Shexi) 卵
Tonggu (Sandu) 卵子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 卵
Dayu 卵
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 脧仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 脧仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 𡳞, 脧仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𡳞棍
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 𡳞棍
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 脧
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 脧子
Hong Kong 𡳞, 脧 †
Sabah (Bao'an) 𡳞棍, 𡳞
Sabah (Longchuan) 脧仔
Senai (Huiyang) 𡳞棍
Singkawang 脧
Huizhou Jixi 鳥, 老八鳥, 八鳥
Shexian 鳥
Tunxi 雞兒, 鳥兒
Xiuning 鳥, 卵, 雞兒, 雞雞 †, 下身 euphemistic
Yixian 卵
Qimen 屌兒
Wuyuan 菩蒂
Jin Taiyuan 㞗, 雞巴, 雀兒, 雞雞 †, 狗雞兒 †
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 雞巴, 㞗
Pingyao 㞗兒, 秤桿, 狗雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 狗雞雞 †
Xinzhou 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞, 二掌櫃, 小腹, 雞溜子 †, 雞溜 †, 毛㞗 of an adult
Shenmu 㞗, 屌子, 雞溜子, 雞雞 †, 沙奶奶 †
Northern Min Jian'ou 𫵓, 𫵓仔, 𫵓𫵓仔 †
Jian'ou (Dikou) 𫵓
Songxi 𫵓
Zhenghe 𫵓
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 𫵓牯
Jianyang 𫵓
Wuyishan 脧
Pucheng (Shibei) 脧
Eastern Min Fuzhou 欛欛, 䐯鳥, 欛欛囝 †, 鳥鳥囝 †, 䐯鳥囝 †
Changle 欛欛囝
Fuqing 䐯, 鳥 †
Yongtai 䐯鳥
Gutian 䐯鳥
Fu'an 䐯鳥
Ningde 䐯
Shouning 䐯鳥
Zhouning 䐯鳥
Fuding 䐯䐯, 䐯鳥
Matsu 欛欛
Southern Min Xiamen 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Xiamen (Tong'an) 𡳞鳥
Quanzhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Jinjiang 𡳞鳥
Anxi 𡳞鳥
Yongchun 𡳞鳥
Zhangzhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Zhangpu 𡳞
Zhao'an 𡳞鳥
Dongshan 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥仔 †
Taipei 𡳞鳥
Taipei (Wanhua) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Tamsui) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Sanxia) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Pingxi) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 𡳞鳥
Yilan 𡳞鳥
Yilan (Luodong) 𡳞鳥
Yilan (Toucheng) 𡳞鳥
Changhua (Lukang) 𡳞鳥
Taichung 𡳞鳥
Taichung (Wuqi) 𡳞鳥
Tainan 𡳞鳥, 戛, 訶
Tainan (Anping) 𡳞鳥
Taitung 𡳞鳥
Hsinchu 𡳞鳥
Kinmen 𡳞鳥
Penghu (Magong) 𡳞鳥
Penghu (Xiyu) 𡳞鳥
Penang (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 小弟, 咕咕鳥, 咕咕
Singapore (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 弟弟, 小弟, 咕咕鳥 †, childish
Manila (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥
Zhangping (Yongfu) 𡳞, 𡳞公仔 †
Datian 𡳞鳥
Pingnan (Shangdu) 鳩
Chaozhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Raoping 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Shantou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Shantou (Chenghai) 𡳞
Shantou (Chaoyang) 𡳞鳥
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 𡳞
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 𡳞
Jieyang 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 鳥 †, 龜鳥 †
Haifeng 𡳞鳥
Bangkok (Teochew) 鳥, 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 𡳞
Hat Yai (Teochew) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𡳞
Singapore (Teochew) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Leizhou 𡳞, 鳥, 殼車, 家私, 尻川柄
Wenchang 頹
Haikou 頹, 鳥 †
Puxian Min Putian 𡳞, 𡳞囝
Putian (Donghai) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Putian (Jiangkou) 𡳞, 𡳞囝
Putian (Nanri) 𡳞, 𡳞囝, 𡳞鳥 †, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Fengting) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Youyang) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Central Min Yong'an 脧
Sanyuan 脧
Shaxian 脧仔
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 卵, 卵脬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 𨳍, 麻鳥, 二老弟, 慈姑椗 †
Shehua Fu'an 𡳞仔
Fuding 𡳞仔
Luoyuan 𡳞仔
Sanming 𡳞仔
Shunchang 𡳞仔
Hua'an 𡳞仔
Guixi (Zhangping) 𡳞仔
Cangnan 𡳞仔
Jingning 𡳞
Lishui 𡳞
Longyou 𡳞鳥
Chaozhou 𡳞仔
Fengshun 𡳞仔
Wu Shanghai 卵, 屌屌 †, 屌屌頭 †, 小雞雞 †, 麻鳥 †
Shanghai (Chongming) 卵, 卵子, 卵卵 †, 小尿螺 †
Suzhou 卵, 鳥, 雞雞 †, 小卵 †, 長生果 †
Wuxi 卵
Danyang 卵, 卵子, 屌子, 屌, 雞巴, 雞雞 †, 小雀雀 †, 雀雀 †, 八八 †, 八雞 †
Hangzhou 雀兒, 八屌, 卵脬, 小八屌 †, 麻雀兒 †, 麻油壺兒 †
Ningbo 卵, 卵子, 卵瓜瓜 †, 瓜瓜 †
Wenzhou 頹, 卵脬, 卵脬兒, 臀卵脬, 脬兒 †, 脬脬兒 †, 奶哥鳥兒 †
Jinhua 老八兒, 聊子, 雀, 雞巴, 八兒八兒 †
Xiang Changsha 卵, 雞巴, 掉它, 太鬍子, 雞雞 †, 鳥鳥 †, 鳥 †, 梗梗 †
Loudi 雞巴, 卵, 勺欛腦殼, 雞雞 †, 雞崽唧 †
Shuangfeng 卵子, 雞蓀子 †
Quanzhou 屌把
Note † - of a boy

Etymology 4 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 叮 (“to sting; to bite; to advise; to urge; to repeat what one says to make sure; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 叮).
Notes:

Etymology 5 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 盯 (“to gaze upon; to keep eyes on; to stare at”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 盯).
Notes:

Etymology 6 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 釘 (“gold slab; nail; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 釘).
Notes:

Etymology 7 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 靪 (“to resole a shoe; patch; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 靪).
Notes:

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

丁

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. leaf, block, classifier for cake
  2. something D
    1. fourth in rank
  3. street
  4. even

Readings edit

As in the onomatopoeia 丁丁:

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
丁
てい
Grade: 3
kan’on
 
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From Middle Chinese 丁 (teng).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

丁(てい) • (Tei) 

  1. fourth of the Ten Heavenly stems
    Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)
    Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸
  2. fourth in rank
    1. something D

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
丁
ちょう
Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

丁(ちょう) • (chō) 

  1. street, district
    北八番(きたはちばん)丁(ちょう)
    kita-hachiban-chō
    northern eighth district
    ぶらくり丁(ちょう)
    burakuri-chō
    Burakuri street
  3. even (especially of dice)
    Antonym: 半 (han)
    丁(ちょう)か半(はん)か
    chō ka han ka
    even or odd
  4. (historical) a measure of length approximately 109 meters (also written 町)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
丁
ちょう
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spellings
挺
梃

From Middle Chinese 挺 (MC deng|dengX). 丁 is a daiyōji replacing 挺.

Pronunciation edit

Counter edit

丁(ちょう) • (-chō) 

  1. counter for long and thin things, e.g. guns, hoes, candles.
    二(に)丁(ちょう)の拳(けん)銃(じゅう)
    nichō no kenjū
    two pistols
  2. counter for foods such as tofu.

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
丁
ひのと
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

火 (hi, “fire”, one of the Five Elements) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 弟 (oto, “younger brother”)

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

丁(ひのと) • (Hinoto) 

  1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
    Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)
    Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 丁 (MC teng). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎌ᇰ (tyeng) (Yale: tyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

丁 (eumhun 넷째 천간(天干) 정 (netjjae cheon'gan( 天干 ) jeong))
丁 (eumhun 고무래 정 (gomurae jeong))
丁 (eumhun 장정 정 (jangjeong jeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 정 (“the fourth of the ten heavenly stems; something D”).
  2. Hanja form? of 정 (“male adult; man”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
  • Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丁

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

丁: Hán Việt readings: đinh (當(đáng)經(kinh)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
丁: Nôm readings: đứa[1][2][3][6][5][7], đinh[1][2][4][7], đềnh[1], tênh[2], tranh[2], đĩnh[3]

  1. chữ Hán form of Đinh (“fourth of the ten heavenly stems”).
    Hypernyms: 天干, 十干
    Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸
  2. chữ Hán form of Đinh (“surname”).
  3. Nôm form of đứa (“indicates young person, child or inferior person”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bonet (1899).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Génibrel (1898).
  6. ^ Hồ (1976).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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