Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

訂: revise, correct

Also: decide

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 丁 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 訂正ていせいcorrection; revision; amendment
  • 改訂かいていrevision (of text); alteration; change
  • 改訂版かいていばん

Also read ただす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
訂 revise · 丁
vs託 consign · 乇
訂 has 丁 where 託 has 乇.
In ChineseSimplified 订 · traditional, as in Japanese · dìng

Japan keeps the traditional form 訂; mainland China simplifies it to 订.

Simplified
订 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
訂 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin dìng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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