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钉 (dīng): meaning and stroke order

钉 (dīng) means nail, to follow closely, to keep at sb (to do sth), variant of 盯.

钉

Simplified
钉
Traditional
釘
Pinyin
dīng · dìng

Stroke order of 钉

钉

  • dīng nail; to follow closely
  • dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 釘

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 钉

  1. dīng Traditional 釘
    • nail
    • to follow closely
    • to keep at sb (to do sth)
    • variant of 盯[ding1]
  2. dìng Traditional 釘
    • to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points
    • to nail
    • to pin
    • to staple
    • to sew on

Radical and structure

钉
Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 7 strokes · 钅 on the left, 丁 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 钉

钉 in our stories

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  • 所谓锔瓷，就是在破碎的瓷器两边钻出小孔，用金属做的锔钉像订书钉一样把碎片钉在一起。

    suǒwèi jū cí jiùshì zài pòsuì de cíqì liǎngbiān zuān chū xiǎokǒng yòng jīnshǔ zuò de jūdīng xiàng dìngshūdīng yíyàng bǎ suìpiàn dìng zài yìqǐ

    Porcelain riveting means drilling small holes on either side of a break and fixing the pieces together with metal rivets, like staples.

    From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 钉

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).