釘 dīng
noun | verb
: nail; spike
: to pursue closely; to keep at somebody (to do something)
釘 dìng
verb
: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on
Kun Reading
釘 | くぎ kugi
noun
: nail (i.e. small metal spike)
釘づけ | くぎづけ kugizuke
adverb
: with a clang; with a bang; with a crash
On Reading
てい tei
ちょう chou
釘[钉]子 ding1zi: nail; snag; saboteur
釘[钉]梢 ding1shao1: to follow somebody; to tail; to shadow; also written 盯梢
釘[钉]牢 ding1lao2: to nail; to clench
釘[钉]耙 ding1pa2: rake
釘頭 [钉头] ding1tou2: head of nail [ていとう teitou: nailhead]
螺絲釘[螺丝钉] luo2si1 ding1: screw
圖釘[图钉] tu2ding1: thumbtack
扒釘[扒钉] ba1ding1: cramp
木釘[钉] mu4ding1: peg [きくぎ kikugi: wooden peg]
磁釘[钉] ci2ding1: button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
釘[钉]死 ding4si3: to nail securely; to execute by means of impalement; to crucify
釘書針 [钉书针] ding4 shu1 zhen1: staple (also written: 訂書針)
長釘[长钉] chang2 ding4: spike
Japanese expression / idiom
糠に釘 | ぬかにくぎ nuka ni kugi
: having no effect; waste of effort
釘を差す | くぎをさす kugi o sasu
: to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
出る釘は打たれる | でるくぎはうたれる deru kugi wa utareru
: the nail which sticks out gets hammered down (used to encourage conformity)
Chinese expression / idiom
眼中釘 yan3 zhong1 ding1: a thorn in one’s side
斬釘截鐵 [斩钉截铁] zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3
: lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
敲釘鑽腳 [敲钉钻脚] qiao1 ding1 zuan1 jiao3
: to make doubly sure
形声-R Pictophonetic-Reclarified.
金 (jin1: gold; metal) reclarifies the meaning while
丁 (ding1: male adult; nail) provides both meaning and sound.
简写 Simplified.
钉. Derived from generic radical simplification #9 (釒金 » 钅).
Variant:
盯 ding1: to watch attentively
Examples:
我的衣服被釘鉤住。
wo3de yi1fu bei4 ding1 gou1zhu4.
My dress got snagged on a nail.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
