碇

Translingual

Han character

碇 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口十一人 (MRJMO), four-corner 1368₁, composition ⿰石定)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 44
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24275
Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 7
Unihan data for U+7887

Chinese

simp. and trad.		碇
alternative forms		椗矴

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 定 (OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 定?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìng (ding⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding³
Eastern Min (BUC): déng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiāⁿ / tiàⁿ / tēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴
  - Yale: dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
  - Palladius: дин (din)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ding³
  - Yale: ding
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: déng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvia
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiã²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tiànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dviax
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng
  - Tâi-lô: tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ²¹³/

Definitions

碇

anchor
(Southern Min) Classifier for the weight of precious metal.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錨 (“anchor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錨, 船錨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錨
	Taiwan	錨, 船錨
	Langfang	錨
	Chengde	錨
	Chifeng	錨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	錨
	Heihe	錨
	Qiqihar	錨
	Harbin	錨
	Jiamusi	錨
	Baicheng	錨
	Changchun	錨
	Tonghua	錨
	Shenyang	錨
	Jinzhou	錨
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	錨
	Tangshan	錨, 定石
	Cangzhou	錨
	Baoding	錨
	Shijiazhuang	錨
	Lijin	錨
	Jinan	錨
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	錨
	Dandong	錨
	Yantai	錨
	Qingdao	錨
	Zhucheng	錨
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	錨
	Jining	錨
	Daming	錨
	Shangqiu	錨
	Yuanyang	錨
	Zhengzhou	錨
	Xinyang	錨
	Baihe	錨
	Xi'an	錨
	Baoji	錨
	Tianshui	錨
	Xining	錨
	Xuzhou	錨
	Fuyang	錨
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	錨
	Lanzhou	錨
	Hami	錨
	Ürümqi	錨
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錨
	Nanchong	錨
	Dazhou	錨
	Hanyuan	錨
	Xichang	錨
	Zigong	錨
	Chongqing	錨
	Wuhan	錨
	Yichang	錨
	Xiangyang	錨
	Tianmen	錨
	Guiyang	錨
	Zunyi	錨
	Bijie	錨
	Liping	錨
	Zhaotong	錨
	Dali	錨
	Kunming	錨
	Mengzi	錨
	Guilin	錨
	Liuzhou	錨
	Jishou	錨
	Changde	錨
	Hanzhong	錨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	錨
	Yangzhou	錨
	Lianyungang	錨
	Nantong	錨
	Anqing	錨
	Wuhu	錨
	Hefei	錨
	Hong'an	錨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錨
	Hong Kong	錨
	Taishan	錨
Gan	Nanchang	錨
Hakka	Yudu	錨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	錨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	錨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	錨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	錨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	錨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	錨
Huizhou	Shexian	錨
Jin	Taiyuan	錨
	Yangyuan	錨
	Datong	錨
	Lüliang (Lishi)	錨
	Changzhi	錨
	Linhe	錨
	Hohhot	錨
	Pingshan	錨
	Zhangjiakou	錨
	Handan	錨
	Linzhou	錨
	Suide	錨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	錨, 碇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	碇
	Fuqing	碇
	Yongtai	碇
	Gutian	碇
	Fu'an	碇
	Ningde	碇
	Shouning	碇
	Zhouning	碇
	Fuding	碇
Southern Min	Xiamen	碇, 船碇
	Quanzhou	碇, 船碇
	Zhangzhou	碇
	Zhao'an	碇
	Dongshan	碇
	Taipei (Wanhua)	碇
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	船碇
	Kaohsiung	碇
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	碇
	Yilan	碇
	Changhua (Lukang)	碇
	Taichung	沉重
	Taichung (Wuqi)	碇
	Tainan	碇
	Tainan (Anping)	碇
	Taitung	碇
	Hsinchu	碇
	Penghu (Magong)	碇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碇
	Chaozhou	碇
	Shantou	碇
	Leizhou	碇
	Haikou	碇
Puxian Min	Putian	錨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	錨
Wu	Shanghai	錨
Wu	Wenzhou	碇

Compounds

下碇
寄碇
拔碇
啟碇／启碇
東碇／东碇 (Dōngdìng)
石碇 (shídìng)
碇安 (Dìng'ān)
碇泊區／碇泊区
碇石
碇祥 (Dìngxiáng)

Japanese

Kanji

碇

(Hyōgai kanji)

anchor

Readings

Go-on: ちょう (chō)
Kan-on: てい (tei)
Kun: いかり (ikari, 碇)

Compounds

碇(てい)泊(はく) (teihaku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
碇
いかり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 碇 – see the following entry.

【錨いかり】H

[noun] (nautical) an anchor (tool to moor a vessel into the sea bottom)

[noun] an anchor-shaped tool on the end of a rope or other line, used to secure the line

[noun] an anchor-shaped grapnel

[noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of an anchor

Alternative spellings
𨦈, 矴, 重石, 沈石

(This term, 碇, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Derived terms

Proper noun

碇(いかり) • (Ikari)

a surname

References

Korean

Hanja

碇 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng) ^[1]

땅에 닿은 닻 (anchor)

(닻): anchor

Synonyms

椗 (정, jeong) ^[2]
錨 (묘, myo) ^[3]

Derived terms

정박(碇泊) (jeongbak, “anchorage, moorage”)

References

^ The radical 石 suggests an anchor made of stone.
^ The radical 木 suggests an anchor made of wood.
^ The radical 金 suggests an anchor made of iron.

Okinawan

Kanji

碇

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Kun: いかい (ikai, 碇)、いちゃい (ichai, 碇)

Noun

碇(いかい) or 碇(いちゃい) (ikai or ichai)

Alternative form of 錨 (ikai, ichai)

Vietnamese

Han character

碇: Hán Nôm readings: đính, đĩnh

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[1] The radical 石 suggests an anchor made of stone.

[2] The radical 木 suggests an anchor made of wood.

[3] The radical 金 suggests an anchor made of iron.

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