tǐng
to stand upright
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 廷 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
tǐng
to stand upright, straighten; rigid; straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
Most common words with 挺
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
erect | ||
progress | ||
to step forward bravely | ||
firm and upright | ||
tall and straight |
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