铤 meaning and stroke order
Ingots, metal bars; to hurry
How to write 铤, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 铤
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- ingot
- (literary) to walk or run quickly
How 铤 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Metal.
钅 gives the meaning and 廷 hints at the sound.
Radical: 钅 (gold), shared by 223 characters on this site.
How to remember 铤
The metal radical 钅 on the left tells you this is about metal, and 廷 (tíng) on the right gives the sound. Picture a royal court 廷 stacking bars of metal in its treasury: those bars are 铤, ingots.
Today 铤 is mostly met in the set phrase 铤而走险 (tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn), read tǐng, meaning to take a desperate risk, literally to rush into danger. Example: 他为了钱铤而走险。(Tā wèile qián tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn.) He took a desperate risk for money. The reading dìng for ingot appears mainly in older or technical texts.
Common mistake: Learners often write 挺 (tǐng, very, straight) in 铤而走险 because the sound is the same, but the idiom needs the metal radical 钅. Also remember the idiom uses tǐng, not dìng.
铤 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 铤
How many strokes are in 铤?
铤 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 铤 mean?
铤 (dìng) means ingots, metal bars; to hurry.
How do you pronounce 铤?
铤 is pronounced dìng, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 铤?
The radical of 铤 is 钅, which carries the idea of "gold". Dictionaries list 铤 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 铤?
The traditional form of 铤 is 鋌. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 铤 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 铤 pronounced dìng or tǐng?
Both readings exist. Use dìng for the noun meaning ingot or metal bar, and tǐng for the literary verb meaning to move quickly, as in 铤而走险.
What does 铤而走险 mean and when is it used?
It means to risk danger out of desperation, often by doing something reckless or illegal. It usually describes someone pushed into a corner, and it carries a negative or sympathetic tone rather than praise for bravery.