Chinese Character Wiki
廷

tíng

court

Original meaning: 

courtyard

Depicts a person standing on the ground (𡈼) in front of a corner of a courtyard (𠃊). Based on the original meaning "courtyard", now written as 庭.

Components
𠃊 iconic component

𠃊  Iconic component

yǐn

  

hidden area

Depicts the corner of a courtyard or a curved ground. Modern form looks like 廴.

𡈼 sound,iconic component

𡈼  Sound Iconic component

tǐng

  

stand upright

Depicts a person (亻) standing on the ground (土). 𡈼 also represents the sound.

Evolution

廷 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
廷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
廷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
廷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

廷  

tíng

court; palace courtyard

Most common words with 廷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

阿根廷

Argentina

朝廷

court

宫廷

court (of king or emperor)

廷

palace courtyard

教廷

the Papacy

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

庭

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

庭 挺 艇 霆 蜓 鋌 铤 梃 莛

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤeŋ

deng

tíng

courtyard


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.8603% of movies

2195th most common character in movies

1626th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5EF7

Shuowen

“廷，朝中也。从廴，聲。”


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