亭

Stroke order

亭 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月弓 (YRBN), four-corner 0020₁, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖丁)

• 停, 婷, 嵉, 揨, 楟, 渟, 𤧟, 𮲥, 䁎, 𦂃, 聤, 葶, 蝏, 諪, 𨪃

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 303
• Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 286, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4EAD

Historical forms of the character 亭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s03824 Transcribed ancient scripts L33462 L33463 L33464 L33465 L33466 L33467 L33468 L33469 L33470 L33471 L33472 L33473 L33474 L11412 L11413 L11396 L11397 L11398 L11399 L11400 L11401 L11402 L11403 L11404 L11405 L11406 L11407 L11408 L11409 L11410 L11411
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

The Kangxi radical of the tower 京 (or 髙 > 高 according to its variants) with the phonetic component 丁 (nail). In the variant 𠅘, the body of the tower is more recognizable.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-diŋ (“settled; fixed; established”), whence Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-diŋ¹ ⪤ ʔ-diŋ¹ (“settled; come to rest”) and 定 (OC *deːŋs) (STEDT). Schuessler (2007) also compares 亭 (OC *deːŋ) to Mizo ding (“to stand; to stop; to halt”) and Lepcha ᰌᰧᰵ (diŋ, “to be erect”).

亭

1. (historical) inn
2. pavilion

   • 峰迴路轉，有亭翼然臨於泉上者，醉翁亭也。作亭者誰？山之僧曰智仙也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     峰回路转，有亭翼然临于泉上者，醉翁亭也。作亭者谁？山之僧曰智仙也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1046, Ouyang Xiu, 醉翁亭記

     Fēnghuílùzhuǎn, yǒu tíng yìrán lín yú quán shàng zhě, Zuìwēng Tíng yě. Zuò tíng zhě shéi? Shān zhī sēng yuē Zhì Xiān yě.

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3. kiosk

   電話亭／电话亭  ―  diànhuàtíng  ―  telephone booth

4. (obsolete) erect
5. (historical) a local administrative agency during the Qin and Han dynasties

   亭長／亭长  ―  tíngcháng  ―  district leader

   • 大率十里一亭，亭有長。十亭一鄉，鄉有三老、有秩、嗇夫、游徼。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大率十里一亭，亭有长。十亭一乡，乡有三老、有秩、啬夫、游徼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Dàshuài shí lǐ yī tíng, tíng yǒu zhǎng. Shí tíng yī xiāng, xiāng yǒu sān lǎo, yǒuzhì, sèfū, yóujiào.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “亭”, 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–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. arbor
2. pavilion

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: あずまや (azumaya, 亭)^{←あづまや (adumaya, 亭, historical)}

• 東(あずま)屋(や) (azumaya)

• 亭(てい) (tei)

• (Tokyo) ちん (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

亭(ちん) • (chin) ^{←ちん (tin)?}

1. arbor

• あずまや (azumaya)

From Middle Chinese 亭 (MC deng).

• (Tokyo) てー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

亭(てい) • (tei) ^{←てい (tei)?}

1. Alternative form of 亭 (chin)

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

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亭: Hán Nôm readings: đình, đứa

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