dìng

draw up agreement

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

丁 sound component

  Sound component

dīng

  

cubes

Evolution

訂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
訂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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dìng

draw up agreement; arrange; to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order

Most common words with 訂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to agree

订婚

to get engaged

签订

to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)

预订

to place an order

订单

(purchase) order