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碇

dìng

Character

What 碇 means

1. anchor

Other readings

碇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dìngvariant of {碇|dìng}
• dìngvariant of {碇|dìng}

Words starting with 碇

• 碇泊dìng bóto moor; to drop anchor

Characters built on 定

These share the phonetic component 定 (dìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 锭dìng(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc
• 啶dìngidine (chemistry)
• 腚dìngbuttocks; butt

Sounds the same

Read dìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 定to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…
• 订to agree; to conclude; to draw up
• 钉to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin
• 锭(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc
• 腚buttocks; butt
• 啶idine (chemistry)
• 铤ingot
• 饤display food for show only; sacrifice
• 萣see 茄萣