淀
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(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)
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How 淀 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 定 (phonetic, dìng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 定
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 定 (dìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 定 sound component | dìng | to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure |
| 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 淀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海淀图书城 | Hǎi diàn Tú shū chéng | Haidian Book City, Beijing bookstore |
| 动物淀粉 | dòng wù diàn fěn | glycogen |
| 海淀区 | Hǎi diàn Qū | Haidian, a district of Beijing |
| 玉米淀粉 | yù mǐ diàn fěn | corn starch |
| 白洋淀 | Bái yáng Diàn | Baiyang Lake in Hebei |
| 淀山湖 | Diàn shān Hú | Dianshan Lake in Shanghai |
| 淀积物 | diàn jī wù | (geology) illuvial material |
| 沉淀物 | chén diàn wù | precipitate; sediment |
| 海淀 | Hǎi diàn | see 海淀區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 Qu1] |
| 淀粉肠 | diàn fěn cháng | starchy sausage (low-cost sausage made with a high proportion of starch and little meat) |
| 木薯淀粉 | mù shǔ diàn fěn | tapioca |
| 淀粉 | diàn fěn | starch; amylum (C6H10O5)n |
| 淀积 | diàn jī | (geology) to illuviate |
| 积淀 | jī diàn | deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom |
| 淀粉酶 | diàn fěn méi | amylase |
| 沉淀 | chén diàn | variant of 沉澱|沉淀[chen2 dian4] |
| 沉淀 | chén diàn | (chemistry) to settle; to precipitate; (chemistry) sediment; precipitate; (fig.) (of emoti… |