IDENTITY
定dìngto decide; fixed; calm
HSK 2Top 100
CORE MEANING
to decide; fixed; calm
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to decide; to fixHSK2
- 2.surelyHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 宀roof radical (mián)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱宀𤴓
- roof (settled under)
- gives the sound dìng (historical)
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
一定yídìngdefinitely
决定juédìngto decide
安定āndìngstable
Graded examples
我决定去旅行。Wǒ juédìng qù lǚxíng.HSK3
I decided to travel.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Settled (疋) under a roof (宀) — fixed, decided.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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