dìng​yàn

adjudicate

dìng settle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
mián roof
Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 9 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdengHN-tˤeŋ-s become fixed; settled (v.i.)
dengHm-tˤeŋ-s make fixed, settle (v.t.)
tengHtˤeŋ-s ready-cooked (food)

說文解字

《說文》:“定,安也。从宀,从正。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yàn to decide Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
xiàn offer, donate

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

to decide Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
xiàn offer, donate

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjenHŋ(r)ar-sannounce a verdict
ngjetŋ(r)atannounce a sentence (of a court)
Zhengzhangŋranʔ
ŋrans
ŋrad

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang