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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
dīng - nail
- to follow closely
- to keep at sb (to do sth)
- variant of 盯[ding1]
dìng - to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points
- to nail
- to pin
- to staple
- to sew on

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 3,336 6,921 6,336

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A metal 钅 nail 丁; 丁 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 3,336 6,921 6,336
钉子 - 7 7,352 21,937 17,354
眼中钉 - - 19,708 49,148 59,131
板上钉钉 - - 20,620 53,627 56,434
图钉 - - 26,730 74,560 43,071
螺钉 - - 27,689 26,057 73,071
钉书机 - - 30,231 - -
螺丝钉 6 - 31,627 39,334 38,580
铆钉 - - 33,399 28,818 11,885
斩钉截铁 6 - 40,170 30,984 34,850
钉子户 - - 40,233 35,065 25,499
碰钉子 - 9 43,735 87,442 82,215
钉锤 - - 64,659 - -
钉耙 - - 64,865 91,094 82,594