定

定 (radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 3080₁, composition ⿱宀𤴓)

• 淀 錠

• KangXi: page 283, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7109
• Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 918, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B9A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

定

1. stable; steady; fixed

   之前已經講定 [Cantonese, trad.]
   之前已经讲定 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zi¹ cin⁴ ji⁵ ging¹ gong² ding⁶ [Jyutping]

   already discussed and settled upon for some time

2. to fix; to stabilise
3. to put down; to suppress
4. to establish; to prepare the ground for
5. to decide; to resolve
6. to determine; to settle
7. certainly; definitely; surely
8. ^† after all; at all

   定係 / 定系 [Cantonese]  ―  ding⁶ hai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  or

9. (Cantonese) Short for 定係／定系 (“or”).
   • 1975, 許冠傑, 薛志雄 (lyrics), “天才與白痴”, in 天才與白痴, performed by 許冠傑:

     扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易會知 [Cantonese, trad.]
     扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易会知 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Baan⁶ mung² ding⁶ ceon² coi⁴? Mou⁵ gam³ ji⁶ wui⁵ zi¹ [Jyutping]

     Playing stupid or just dumb? It's not so easy to tell

10. A surname​.
11. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡈ (t-)

定

1. (～星) (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions

   • 定之方中、作于楚宮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     定之方中、作于楚宫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dìng zhī fāngzhōng, zuò yú Chǔgōng. [Pinyin]

     When Ding culminated [at night fall],
     He began to build the palace at Chu.

2. ^† forehead

   ⇒ 顁／𬱫

   • 麟之定、振振公姓。于嗟麟兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Lín zhī dìng, zhēnzhēn gōngxìng. Xūjiē lín xī. [Pinyin]

     The forehead of the Lin:
     The noble grandsons of our prince,
     Ah! they are the Lin!

3. ^† Original form of 錠／锭 (dìng, “Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks.”).
4. ^‡ A kind of hoe.

• (the Encampment): 營室／营室, 室 (Shì)

• “定”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. determine, fix, establish, decide

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: さだむ (sadamu, 定む); さだまる (sadamaru, 定まる, Jōyō); さだめる (sadameru, 定める, Jōyō); さだか (sadaka, 定か, Jōyō)

• 定 (てい)冠 (かん)詞 (し) (teikanshi)
• 設 (せっ)定 (てい) (settei): setup, creation, settings
• 勘 (かん)定 (じょう) (kanjō): bill, check
• 予 (よ)定 (てい) (yotei): schedule
• 定 (てい)義 (ぎ) (teigi): definition

定 (hiragana さだ, rōmaji Sada)

1. A female given name

定 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng)

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定 (định)

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