錠 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

dìng

spindle

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 定 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn

metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

定 Sound component

dìng

settle

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dìng

spindle, slab, cake, tablet; (weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks

Most common words with 錠

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	锭	ingot
	银锭	silver ingot
	纸锭	paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4199th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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