tǐng

to stand upright

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

廷 sound component

  Sound component

tíng

  

palace courtyard

Evolution

挺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
挺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
挺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
挺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tǐng

to stand upright, straighten; rigid; straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns

Most common words with 挺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

erect

挺进

progress

挺身而出

to step forward bravely

坚挺

firm and upright

挺拔

tall and straight