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Surname
丁 is the Mandarin Chinese surname Ding.
In Japanese, 丁 can be surnames that romanize as Chō or Chou. It can also be more unusual Japanese surnames Rei, Yoroi, Yoboro, Youro, Momoki, Hinoto, Tei, Chiyon, Choudei, Chiyun, or Jiyon.
丁 can refer to nails or pieces of something. It is also a counter for long thin objects like scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, etc.
定 is the single-character way to express the idea of Samadhi in Chinese and Japanese.
A single-character title like this is open to a lot of interpretation. So 定 can mean to set, to fix, to determine, to decide, to order, certainly, truly, settle, or compose the mind.
In the Buddhist context, this means “Perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation,” “The mind fixed in one direction,” “Internal state of imperturbability or tranquility,” or “Exempt from all external sensations.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your ding search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
丁 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting tei; hinoto / te; hinoto てい; ひのと |
More info & calligraphy: Ding / Cho(1) (てい only) (See 甲乙丙丁) fourth rank; fourth class; fourth party (in a contract, etc.); (2) (esp. ひのと) fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; (3) (てい only) (abbreviation) (rare) (See 丁抹・デンマーク) Denmark; (surname) Rei |
定 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting jou / jo じょう |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (See 案の定・あんのじょう) certainty; reality; actuality; (prefix noun) (2) (See 定宿) regular; permanent; (3) {Buddh} (See 三昧・さんまい・1,禅定・ぜんじょう・1) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); (given name) Yasushi To fix, settle. samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field. (1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire). (2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提. |
亞丁 亚丁 see styles |
yà dīng ya4 ding1 ya ting |
More info & calligraphy: Adin |
入定 see styles |
rù dìng ru4 ding4 ju ting nyuujou / nyujo にゅうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Zen Contemplation(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} (ant: 出定) entering a state of intense concentration; (n,vs,vi) (2) death (of a high-ranking priest); (place-name) Nyūjō To enter into meditation by tranquillizing the body, mouth (i.e. lips), and mind, 身口意. |
奧丁 奥丁 see styles |
ào dīng ao4 ding1 ao ting |
More info & calligraphy: Odin |
安定 see styles |
ān dìng an1 ding4 an ting antei / ante あんてい |
More info & calligraphy: Stability / Calm and Orderly / Equilibrium(n,vs,vi) (1) stability; steadiness; consistency; equilibrium; balance; composure; (adj-na,n,vs,vi) (2) {physics;chem} stable; (surname, given name) Yasusada stability |
正定 see styles |
zhèng dìng zheng4 ding4 cheng ting shoujou / shojo しょうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: 8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration{Buddh} (See 八正道) right concentration; (male given name) Masasada saṃyak-samādhi, right abstraction or concentration, so that the mind becomes vacant and receptive, the eighth of the 八正道; 'right concentration, in the shape of the Four Meditations.' Keith. |
馬丁 马丁 see styles |
mǎ dīng ma3 ding1 ma ting batei / bate ばてい |
More info & calligraphy: Maartin(dated) (See 厩務員) stable boy; stable hand; groom |
奧斯丁 奥斯丁 see styles |
ào sī dīng ao4 si1 ding1 ao ssu ting |
More info & calligraphy: Austen |
決定心 决定心 see styles |
jué dìng xīn jue2 ding4 xin1 chüeh ting hsin ketsujō shin |
More info & calligraphy: Resolute Mind |
阿拉丁 see styles |
ā lā dīng a1 la1 ding1 a la ting |
More info & calligraphy: Aladdin |
仃 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
alone |
叮 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently; to ask repeatedly; to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound |
啶 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
idine (chemistry) |
帄 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
patch (for mending clothes) |
椗 碇 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
variant of 碇[ding4] See: 碇 |
玎 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
jingling; tinkling |
疔 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting chou / cho ちょう |
boil; carbuncle {med} (See 癤) furuncle; carbuncle |
盯 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at |
矴 碇 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
variant of 碇[ding4] See: 碇 |
碇 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting tei / te てい |
anchor anchor; (surname) Tei |
耵 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
used in 耵聹|耵聍[ding1ning2]; Taiwan pr. [ding3] |
腚 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
buttocks; butt |
萣 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
see 茄萣[Qie2 ding4] |
虰 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
see 虰蛵[ding1 xing2] |
訂 订 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order |
酊 see styles |
dǐng ding3 ting |
used in 酩酊[ming3 ding3] |
釘 钉 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting kugi(p); kugi くぎ(P); クギ |
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin; (surname) Teizaki |
錠 锭 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting tei / te てい |
(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks (1) lock; padlock; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) tablet; lozenge; pill; (female given name) Tei burning brightly |
靪 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
to cobble; to patch |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ding Cho | 丁 | chou / tei / hinoto cho / tei / hinoto | dīng / ding1 / ding | ting |
Samadhi | 定 | sada | dìng / ding4 / ding | ting |
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