钉钉 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Dīngdīng

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dīng nail Simplified

Simplified form of 釘. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

蔽人視也。从目幵聲。讀若攜手。一曰直視也。

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

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	teng	tˤeŋ	nail (n.)
	tengH	tˤeŋ-s	nail (v.)

《說文》：“釘，鍊鉼黄金。从金，丁聲。”