Chinese Character 釘 Meanings and components.

Form

釘

Meaning

釘 meaning[3] in English

Nail.

To Follow Closely.

To Keep At Sb (To Do Sth).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 釘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and surname Ding (丁)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CMN

How to write 釘

To write釘ding1nail you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 丁ding1surname Ding arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 丁 = 釘

釘 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 釘 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 釘, looks as follow:

釘
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Nail . To Follow Closely . To Keep At Sb (To Do Sth) . Variant Of 盯[Ding1]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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