| 丁 | 440C10 31.00 | 部居  | 畫數 2 | ㄉㄧㄥ [ding1] (*ㄓㄥ [zheng1] ). | ||
| N. | (1) The fourth of the 天干 decimal cycle, see Appendix A; 丁等 Class D; 丁丁卯卯 fastidiously accurate; 丁三確四 very definite. (2) Male adult: 成丁，未成丁 become, not yet become, adult (formerly, age 16); 添丁 have one more son; 壯丁，人丁 males of population; esp. males subject to service, or tax in lieu of service; 丁役，丁口，丁戶，丁稅 [ding1yi4], [ding1kou3], [ding1hu4], [ding1sui4]↓; male domestic or employee: 庖丁園丁，門丁 cook, gardener, gatekeeper; 家丁 domestic; 兵丁 soldier. (3) T-shaped: 丁字尺 [ding1zi4]1, [chi3], etc.↓. (4) Taoist god: 六丁 the gods who fight demons. (5) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | Descriptive of cling, clang, tinkling sound: 丁冬 [ding1dong1], 丁當 [ding1dang1] (also wr. 叮噹); 伐木丁丁 (*[zheng1zheng1]), (AC) sound of cutting wood. | |||||
| Words | 1. 丁錢 [ding1qian2], n., poll tax. 2. 丁噹 [ding1dang1], adj., descriptive tinkling sound (cf. 玎璫 31A.00). 3. 丁對 [ding1dui4], adj., comfortable, agreeable: 吃得不丁對 food does not agree. 4. 丁賦 [ding1fu4], n., poll tax. 5. 丁戶 [ding1hu4], n., see [ding1kou3]↓. 6. 丁幾 [ding1ji1], n., tincture (translit.). 7. 丁艱 [ding1jian1], v.i., see [ding1you1]↓. 8. 丁祭 [ding1ji4], n., spring and autumn sacrifice to Confucius on first 丁 day. 9. 丁口 [ding1kou3], n., male of population. 10. 丁男 [ding1nan2], n., male adult. 11. 丁年 [ding1nian2], n., year of maturity (sixteen). 12. 丁寧 [ding1nin2], v.i., repeat, give repeated, careful instruction (also wr. 叮嚀). 13. 丁香 [ding1xiang1], n., lilac; 丁香油 [ding1xiang1you2], oil of clove. 14. 丁稅 [ding1sui4], n., poll tax. 15. 丁字尺 [ding1zi4chi3], n., T-square; n., 丁字斧 [ding1zi4fu3], n., pickaxe with two ends; n., 丁字節 [ding1zi4jie2], n., tube joint at right angle. 16. 丁徭 [ding1yao2], n., poll tax, see [ding1yi4]↓. 17. 丁夜 [ding1ye4], n., the fourth watch of the night. 18. 丁役 [ding1yi4], n., military service. 19. 丁銀 [ding1yin2], n., poll tax money. 20. 丁憂 [ding1you1], v.i., be in mourning for parent's death: 丁父憂，丁母憂. | |||||