定
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to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #109 U+5B9A
How 定 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 疋 settling under a roof 宀
components: 宀 疋
How to remember it
settle on · Heisig RSH #390
mending + house
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 定 as their sound component
These characters all use 定 (dìng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 定 sound component | dìng | to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure |
| 淀 | diàn | marsh, swamp; sediment; to precipitate |
| 绽 | zhàn | to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams |
| 靛 | diàn | indigo, blue dye |
| 啶 | dìng | in chemistry, -dine |
| 碇 | dìng | anchor |
| 锭 | dìng | spindle, ingot; tablet, slab |
| 腚 | dìng | buttocks |
Words containing 定
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不一定 | bù yī dìng | not necessarily; maybe |
| 定海区 | Dìng hǎi Qū | Dinghai, a district of Zhoushan City 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 定安县 | Dìng ān xiàn | Ding'an county, Hainan |
| 安定区 | Ān dìng Qū | Anding, a district of Dingxi City 定西市[Ding4 xi1 Shi4], Gansu |
| 不定 | bù dìng | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious |
| 定子 | dìng zǐ | (electricity) stator |
| 定西市 | Dìng xī Shì | Dingxi, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3] |
| 人定 | rén dìng | middle of the night; the dead of night |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ... |
| 平定县 | Píng dìng Xiàn | Pingding, a county in Yangquan City 陽泉市|阳泉市[Yang2 quan2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 法定人数 | fǎ dìng rén shù | quorum |
| 安定化 | ān dìng huà | stabilization |
| 定日县 | Dìng rì Xiàn | Tingri, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet |
| 不动点定理 | bù dòng diǎn dìng lǐ | fixed point theorem (math.) |
| 定南县 | Dìng nán Xiàn | Dingnan, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 定性 | dìng xìng | to determine the nature (of sth); to determine the chemical composition (of a substance); … |
| 定海 | Dìng hǎi | Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang; Qing dynasty name of 舟山… |
| 定金 | dìng jīn | down payment; advance payment |
| 安定门 | Ān dìng mén | Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 罗定市 | Luó dìng Shì | Luoding, a county-level city in Yunfu City 雲浮市|云浮市[Yun2 fu2 Shi4], Guangdong |