# 碇

| 碇 | U+7887, &#30855; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7887 |
| ← 碆 [U+7886] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 碈 → [U+7888] |

## Translingual
### Han character

碇 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口十一人 (MRJMO), four-corner 1368$_1$, composition ⿰石定)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 44
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24275
* Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7887

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 定 (OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 定?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìng (ding$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ding$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): déng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiāⁿ / tiàⁿ / tēng / tèng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^4$
*** Yale: dìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
*** Palladius: дин (din)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^3$
*** Yale: ding
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: déng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛiŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tiānn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvia
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiã³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiã²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tiànn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dviax
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiã²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiã⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng
*** Tâi-lô: tīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: deng
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng
*** Tâi-lô: tìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
* tiāⁿ/tiàⁿ - colloquial (“anchor; classifier”);
* tēng/tèng - literary.

### Definitions

碇
* anchor
    起碇 ― qǐdìng ― to weigh anchor
* to anchor; to berth (a ship or boat)
    碇泊 ― dìngbó ― to berth a ship
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for the weight of precious metal.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 錨, 船錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 錨, 船錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 錨, 定石 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 錨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 錨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 錨 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 錨 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 錨 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 錨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 錨 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 錨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 錨 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 錨 |
| Jin | Datong | 錨 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 錨 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 錨 |
| Jin | Linhe | 錨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 錨 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 錨 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 錨 |
| Jin | Handan | 錨 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 錨 |
| Jin | Suide | 錨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 錨, 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 碇, 船碇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 碇, 船碇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 船碇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 沉重 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 碇 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 錨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 錨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 錨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 碇 |

### Compounds

* 下碇
* 寄碇
* 拔碇
* 拋碇 / 抛碇
* 啟碇 / 启碇
* 東碇 / 东碇 (Dōngdìng)
* 石碇 (shídìng)
* 碇安 (Dìng'ān)
* 碇泊區 / 碇泊区
* 碇石
* 碇祥 (Dìngxiáng)
* 起碇 (qǐdìng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* anchor

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)
* Kun: いかり (ikari, 碇)

#### Compounds

* 碇(てい)泊(はく) (teihaku)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 碇
* いかり Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 碇 – see the following entry. :
| 【錨いかり】H | [noun] (nautical) an anchor (tool to moor a vessel into the sea bottom) [noun] an anchor-shaped tool on the end of a rope or other line, used to secure the line [noun] an anchor-shaped grapnel [noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of an anchor Alternative spellings 𨦈, 矴, 重石, 沈石 |
(This term, 碇, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Derived terms

* 碇(い)ヶ関(りヶせき) (Ikarigaseki)
* 碇(いかり)草(そう) (ikarisō)
* 碇(いかり)綱(づな) (ikarizuna)
* 碇(いかり)伝(てん)馬(ま) (ikaritenma)
* 碇(いかり)知(とも)盛(もり) (ikaritomomori)
* 碇(いかり)縄(なわ) (ikarinawa)
* 碇(いかり)防(ぼう)風(ふう) (ikaribōfū)
* 碇(いかり)星(ぼし) (ikariboshi)
* 碇(いかり)銛(もり) (ikarimori)
* 鉄(かない)碇(かり) (kanaikari)
* 木(き)碇(いかり) (kīkari)
* 花(はな)碇(いかり) (hanaikari)

### Proper noun

碇(いかり) • (Ikari)
* a surname

### References
## Korean
### Hanja

碇 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)
* (닻): anchor

#### Synonyms

* 椗 (정, jeong)
* 錨 (묘, myo)

#### Derived terms

* 정박(碇泊) (jeongbak, “anchorage, moorage”)

### References

* ↑ The radical 石 suggests an anchor made of stone.
* ↑ The radical 木 suggests an anchor made of wood.
* ↑ The radical 金 suggests an anchor made of iron.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: いかい (ikai, 碇)、いちゃい (ichai, 碇)

### Noun

碇(いかい) or 碇(いちゃい) (ikai or ichai)
* Alternative form of 錨 (ikai, ichai)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

碇: Hán Nôm readings: đính, đĩnh
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.