The Chinese Radical: 丁


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Meaning
nail    丁

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to strike, dozen, to beat, to hit
dá, dǎ
Left: hand 扌, right: a nail 丁
The hand hits the nail with strikes.  
HSK 2
be possible, can, to approve, to permit

Nail 丁 and opening 口
The nail into the opening should be possible.  
HSK 2
elder brother

Comprises twice: possibility/can do 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
The one, who can very much (= the double of me), is my elder brother.  
HSK 3
lamp, light, lantern
dēng
Left: fire 火, right: nail 丁 (here: understood as a torch)
The fire at the torch serves as a lamp. (Whereas the fire 光 on legs 儿 is a bright light 光)  
HSK 4
(reception) hall, administration, office
tīng
Left: cliff 厂, right: nail 丁
In size of a cliff and built with nails: the administration's hall.  
HSK 4
to stop, to halt, to park (a car)
tíng
Left: person 亻, right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high 高 nail 丁, is this pavilion)
(When you travel you need a break:) The person is at the kiosk to stop.  
HSK 5
to agree, sign a contract, to draw up
dìng
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves from a mouth 口), right: nail 丁
Words are fixed (= "nailed in") in an: agreement.  
HSK 5
apex, to carry on the head, summit
dǐng
Left: nail 丁, right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The nail has a head and that's its apex.  
HSK 5
peaceful, rather, better, tranquil
níng
Top: roof 宀, below: nail 丁
(There is no risk that the building might collapse:) When the roof is built with nails, you have peace.  
HSK 5
to hesitate, happy, carefree, at one's ease

Left: give, bestow 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.), right: elephant 象 A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.
(Where shall it live?) If sb. give you an elephant, you should hesitate.  
HSK 6
to stare, to gaze, to fix attention on
dīng
Left: eye 目, right: nail 丁
The view of the eyes (is straight) like a nail: when staring.  
HSK 6
Nail, thing
dīng

Image of a nail  
HSK 6
pavilion, kiosk, booth, erect
tíng
Top: var. of high/tall 高 (watch tower), below: nail 丁
Tall like a high 高 nail 丁, is this pavilion.  
HSK 6
nail, to pin up, sew on
dīng, dìng
Left: metal 钅/金, right: nail 丁
A metal nail.  
HSK 6
to give, bestow
yú, yǔ
Top: bent person マ, below: variation of: nail 丁
The bent person with the nail has something: to give.  
HSK 6
sting (mosquito, bee), to urge insistently
dīng
Left: mouth 口, right: nail 丁
A mouth like a nail is: the sting of a mosquito.  
HSK 6
to pinch, wring, stubborn, mistake
níng, nǐng, nìng
Left: hand 扌, right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
If the hand is covering 宀 and acts like a nail, it pinches.  
no HSK
sandbar, sandbank, shoal
tīng
Left: water 氵, right: nail 丁
In the water has only (the depth of) a nail: at a sandbar.  
no HSK
malevolent, fierce-looking, hideous
níng
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
A wild animal that (pretends) to be peaceful is: malevolent.  
no HSK
graceful
tíng
Left: woman 女, right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high 高 nail 丁 is this pavilion.)
The woman (vendor) at the kiosk (pavilion) is graceful.  
no HSK
muddy, miry, stagnant
nìng
Left: water 氵, right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
When water finds its 'peace' (= it is resting), is becomes: muddy.  
no HSK
raised path between fields
tǐng
Left: rice paddy 田, right: nail 丁
At the rice paddy (straight) like a nail: The raised path.  

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