訂
dìng HSK3

draw up agreement

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteːŋs
tʰeːŋ
deːŋʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“訂，平議也。从言，丁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

订 dìng draw up agreement Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訂.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode