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di̅ng = di + (e)ng1: male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symobl: a nail. 一 is the head of the nail and 亅 is the shaft. The point of the nail is already a bit bent.

Dorothy Gale (di) balances a flute (一) on a crowbar (亅) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). For this trick, she wins the fourth (丁) place in an artists competition and gets a quarter (丁) of a pizza as prize. Unfortunately, there is a big nail (mnemonic symbol for 丁) on the pizza slice.

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丁 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
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Characters with 丁 as component

to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at
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used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
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can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
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to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
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step with the right foot / see 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
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to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍[chi4 chu4])
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apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
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pavilion / booth / kiosk / erect
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abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning
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peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
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to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
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Words with 丁

Tintin, cartoon character
(neologism) (slang) penis (丁丁 resembles "JJ", which is short for 雞雞|鸡鸡[ji1 ji1])
sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc
Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
butadiene C4H6 / biethylene
a tiny bit / a wee bit
fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen 李百岑, journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution
butyl group (chemistry)
fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia

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