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Translingual
Han character
碇 (Kangxi radical 112, 石 +8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口十一人 (MRJMO ), four-corner 13681 , composition ⿰石 定 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 831 , character 44
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24275
Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 7
Unihan data for U+7887
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 ): semantic 石 ( “ rock; stone ” ) + phonetic 定 ( OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs) .
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium . Particularly: “related to 定?”)
Pronunciation
Note :
tiāⁿ/tiàⁿ - colloquial (“anchor; classifier”);
tēng/tèng - literary.
Definitions
碇
anchor
起碇 ― qǐdìng ― to weigh anchor
to anchor ; to berth ( a ship or boat )
碇 泊 ― dìng bó ― to berth a ship
( Taiwanese Hokkien ) Classifier for the weight of precious metal .
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
錨 (“anchor”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
碇
(Hyōgai kanji )
anchor
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 碇 – see the following entry.
(This term, 碇 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Derived terms
Proper noun
碇( いかり ) • (Ikari )
a surname
References
Korean
Hanja
碇 • (jeong ) (hangeul 정 , revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng) [ 1]
땅 에 닿 은 닻 (anchor )
(닻 ): anchor
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
^ The radical 石 suggests an anchor made of stone.
^ The radical 木 suggests an anchor made of wood.
^ The radical 金 suggests an anchor made of iron.
Okinawan
Kanji
碇
(Hyōgai kanji )
Readings
Noun
碇( いかい ) or 碇( いちゃい ) (ikai or ichai )
Alternative form of 錨 ( ikai, ichai )
Vietnamese
Han character
碇 : Hán Nôm readings: đính , đĩnh
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