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CHINESE CHARACTER

dìng

订

订

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book

Numbered pinyin
ding4
English meanings
subscribe to, agree on, revise, draw up, staple together, book (seats), conclude, order, book, subscribe, make corrections

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 丁.

Meaning & sound clues

讠 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “speech”.

丁 is identified as the sound component (dīng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 订.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰讠丁

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒ我dìng订le了yī一gè个fángjiān房间。

    I booked a room.

  2. 02

    dìng订yī一fèn份bàozhǐ报纸。

    Subscribe to a paper.

  3. 03

    dìng订huǒchē火车piào票。

    Book a train ticket.

  4. 04

    dìng订le了wǔfàn午饭。

    Ordered lunch.

  5. 05

    dìng订hǎo好shíjiān时间。

    Set the time.

  6. 06

    yùdìng预订zuòwei座位。

    Reserve a seat.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 修订
  • 制订
  • 签订
  • 订单
  • 订婚
  • 订立
  • 订购
  • 预订