叮咛 dīngníng urge Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 叮 dīng exhort or enjoin repeatedly Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 丁 丁 Sound component dīng cubes Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangteːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 咛 níng enjoin Simplified Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth mouth 宁 宁 Sound component níng, nìng peaceful, (storage container) Sources Readings & variants Unicode 嚀 níng enjoin Traditional Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth mouth 寧 寧 Sound component níng, nìng peaceful Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangneːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang