Chinese Character Wiki
亭

tíng

pavilion

Phonosemantic compound. 京 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components
京 iconic component

京  Iconic component

jīng

  

capital city

Depicts a tall building.

丁 sound component

丁  Sound component

dīng

  

cubes

Evolution

亭 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
亭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

亭  

tíng

pavilion; erect; booth; kiosk

Most common words with 亭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亭

booth

电话亭

telephone booth

凉亭

pavilion

亭子

pavilion

亭亭玉立

slender and elegant (of a woman)

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

停 婷 葶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-tˤeŋ

deng

tíng

manage


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.3867% of movies

2650th most common character in movies

2002nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+4EAD

Shuowen

“亭，民所安定也。亭有樓，从高省，丁聲。”


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