Mnemonic comic for 丁

Translation

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1: male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symobl: a nail. 一 is the head of the nail and 亅 is the shaft. The point of the nail is already a bit bent. Dorothy Gale (di) balances a flute (一) on a crowbar (亅) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). For this trick, she wins the fourth (丁) place in an artists competition and gets a quarter (丁) of a pizza as prize. Unfortunately, there is a big nail (mnemonic symbol for 丁) on the pizza slice.

Previous Next

First

Older

Random

Newer

Last

丁 character breakdown

丁
- 一
- 亅

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / 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

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

亅

jué = ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).

Characters with 丁 as component

钉

釘

dìng = di + (e)ng4

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on

钉 = 丁 + 钅 : Dorothy Gale (di) uses the nail (钉) she found earlier to nail (钉) her pizza (丁) to the wall of the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to serve as warning for other visitors. As a hammer she uses a golden harpoon (钅).

钉

釘

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1

nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1]

钉 = 丁 + 钅 : Dorothy Gale (di) is eating a quarter of a pizza (丁) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with a golden harpoon (钅) when she suddenly finds a nail (钉) on the pizza.

汀

ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1

sandbar / shoal / sandbank

庁

ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1

Japanese variant of 廳|厅

仃

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1

alone

玎

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1

jingling / tinkling