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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ding1
- English meanings
- nail, to follow closely, to keep at sb (to do sth), variant of 盯[ding1], to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points, to nail, to pin, to staple, to sew on
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 钅; right 丁.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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C'
sting; warn
decide
to watch attentively
book
top; support
top
tripod; ancient vessel
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