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钉

Traditional: 釘

dīng

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

dīng · deng1 (Jyutping)

  1. nail
  2. to follow closely
  3. to keep at sb (to do sth)
  4. variant of 盯[ding1]

dìng · deng1 (Jyutping)

  1. to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points
  2. to nail
  3. to pin
  4. to staple
  5. to sew on

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

钉

Meaning
nail, spike; pursue closely
Radical
钅
Strokes
7
Components
⿰钅丁
Cangjie
XCMN
Four-corner
8172

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