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Mythic Mandarin

定 (dìng): meaning and stroke order

定 (dìng) means to fix; to set; to make definite.

定

Simplified
定
Traditional
定 (same form)
Pinyin
dìng

Stroke order of 定

定

  • dìng to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 定

  1. dìng
    • to fix; to set; to make definite
    • to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
    • to congeal; to coagulate
    • (literary) definitely

Radical and structure

定
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 8 strokes · 宀 on top, 𤴓 below

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 定

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).