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釘
釘
See also: 钉
Translingual
Han character
釘 (radical 167 金+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 金一弓 (CMN), four-corner 81120, composition ⿰釒丁)
References
- KangXi: page 1296, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40159
- Dae Jaweon: page 1799, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4169, character 2
- Unihan data for U+91D8
Chinese
| trad. | 釘 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 钉 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ
- Wade-Giles: ting1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding
- IPA (key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: deng1, ding1
- Yale: dēng, dīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: deng1, ding1
- IPA (key): /tɛːŋ⁵⁵/, /tɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâng
- Hakka Romanization System: dang´
- Hagfa Pinyim: dang1
- IPA: /taŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng
- Tâi-lô: ting
- Phofsit Daibuun: defng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 釘 | 釘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 當經切 | 丁定切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/teŋ/ | /teŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/teŋ/ | /teŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tɛŋ/ | /tɛŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/tɛjŋ/ | /tɛjŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/teŋ/ | /teŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/tieŋ/ | /tieŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tieŋ/ | /tieŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
dīng | dìng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 釘 | 釘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
dīng | dìng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ teng › | ‹ tengH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*tˤeŋ/ | /*tˤeŋ-s/ |
| English | nail (n.) | nail (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 釘 | 釘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 2379 | 2393 |
| Phonetic component |
丁 | 丁 |
| Rime group |
耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
丁 | 矴 |
| Old Chinese |
/*teːŋ/ | /*teːŋs/ |
Noun
釘
- nail (spike-shaped fastener)
Compounds
Verb
釘
Japanese
Kanji
釘
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Noun
釘 (hiragana くぎ, romaji kugi)
- a nail; a spike made of metal or hard material used to stick something
Korean
Hanja
釘 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 釘
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| 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 |
As the character 丁 had lost its original meaning of nail, the character 釘 was created to represent the original meaning, with the semantic element 金 (metal) added.