定 (dìng)
to decide/to set/calm
How 定 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 定
- Simplified
- 定 (unchanged)
Components
- 宀 roof
- 一 one
- 龰 N/A
Common words using 定
- 一定 yīdìng
- surely; certainly; necessarily
- 決定 juédìng
- to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision
- 肯定 kěndìng
- to be sure; to be certain; sure
- 註定 zhùdìng
- to be doomed; be destined (to failure etc)
- 不一定 bùyīdìng
- not necessarily; maybe
- 不定 bùdìng
- indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious
- 保定 bǎodìng
- Baoding prefecture level city in Hebei
- 制定 zhìdìng
- to draw up; to formulate
- 協定 xiédìng
- (reach an) agreement; protocol
- 否定 fǒudìng
- to negate; to deny; to reject
- 固定 gùdìng
- fixed; set; regular
- 堅定 jiāndìng
- firm; steady; staunch
定 in a sentence
我們還沒決定時間。
Wǒmen hái méi juédìng shíjiān.
“We haven't decided on the time yet.”
How common is 定?
定 is the 77th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 37.1% of all running text.
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