定(dìng)

HSK 28 strokes

to fix

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Character information

Pinyin
dìng
Meaning
to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 定 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱宀疋

A person 疋 settling under a roof 宀

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

宀mián疋pǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 定 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 定

Common words using 定 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yī一dìng定
HSK 2

surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; parti…

Open 一定 page →
bù不yī一dìng定
HSK 2

not necessarily

Open 不一定 page →
zhì制dìng定
HSK 3

to draw up; to formulate

Open 制定 page →
fǒu否dìng定
HSK 3

to negate

Open 否定 page →
bù不dìng定
HSK 7-9

indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious

Open 不定 page →
jiǎ假dìng定
HSK 7-9

to assume

Open 假定 page →
pàn判dìng定
HSK 7-9

to judge

Open 判定 page →
xié协dìng定
HSK 7-9

agreement

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一不制否假判协

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