亭

See also: 享, 宇, 字, and 宁

亭 U+4EAD, 亭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EAD ← 京 [U+4EAC] CJK Unified Ideographs 亮 → [U+4EAE]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亭 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月弓 (YRBN), four-corner 0020₁, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖丁)

Derived characters

• 停, 婷, 嵉, 揨, 楟, 渟, 𤧟, 䁎, 𦂃, 聤, 葶, 蝏, 諪, 𨪃

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 303
• Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 286, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4EAD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		亭
alternative forms		𠅘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s03824 Transcribed ancient scripts L33462 L33463 L33464 L33465 L33466 L33467 L33468 L33469 L33470 L33471 L33472 L33473 L33474 L11412 L11413 L11396 L11397 L11398 L11399 L11400 L11401 L11402 L11403 L11404 L11405 L11406 L11407 L11408 L11409 L11410 L11411
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
圢	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打	*rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯	*rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾	*rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰	*rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨	*rdeːŋ
釘	*teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪	*teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃	*teːŋ
叮	*teːŋ
疔	*teːŋ
頂	*teːŋʔ
奵	*teːŋʔ
耵	*teːŋʔ
酊	*teːŋʔ
葶	*teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴	*teːŋs
訂	*teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣	*teːŋs
汀	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁	*tʰeːŋ
婷	*deːŋ
停	*deːŋ
聤	*deːŋ
渟	*deːŋ
楟	*deːŋ
亭	*deːŋ

The Kangxi radical of the tower 京 (or 髙 > 高 according to its variants) with the phonetic component 丁 (nail).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-diŋ (“settled; fixed; established”), whence Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-diŋ¹ ⪤ ʔ-diŋ¹ (“settled; come to rest”) and 定 (OC *deːŋs) (STEDT). Schuessler (2007) also compares 亭 (OC *deːŋ) to Mizo ding (“to stand; to stop; to halt”) and Lepcha ᰌᰧᰵ (diŋ, “to be erect”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíng (ting²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁴ / ting^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tin²

• Eastern Min (BUC): dìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): têng / tân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶din

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing²
    • Yale: tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyng
    • Palladius: тин (tin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ting⁴ / ting^4-2
    • Yale: tìhng / tíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁴ / ting^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁴ / ting^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ²¹/, /tʰɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tin²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tân
    • Tâi-lô: tân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan¹³/

Note:

• têng - literary;
• tân - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dêng⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: têng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶din
    • MiniDict: din^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³din
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /din²³/

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• Middle Chinese: deng

Rime
Character	亭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	特丁切
Baxter	deng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/deŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/deŋ/
Wang Li	/dieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ting4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tíng
Middle Chinese	‹ deng ›
Old Chinese	/*m-tˁeŋ/
English	manage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亭
Reading #	1/1
No.	2412
Phonetic component	丁
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	庭
Old Chinese	/*deːŋ/

Definitions

亭

1. (historical) inn
2. pavilion

   • 峰迴路轉，有亭翼然臨於泉上者，醉翁亭也。作亭者誰？山之僧曰智仙也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     峰回路转，有亭翼然临于泉上者，醉翁亭也。作亭者谁？山之僧曰智仙也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1046, Ouyang Xiu, 醉翁亭記

     Fēnghuílùzhuǎn, yǒu tíng yìrán lín yú quán shàng zhě, Zuìwēng Tíng yě. Zuò tíng zhě shéi? Shān zhī sēng yuē Zhì Xiān yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. kiosk

   電話亭／电话亭  ―  diànhuàtíng  ―  telephone booth

4. (obsolete) erect
5. (historical) a local administrative agency during the Qin and Han dynasties

   亭長／亭长  ―  tíngcháng  ―  district leader

   • 大率十里一亭，亭有長。十亭一鄉，鄉有三老、有秩、嗇夫、游徼。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大率十里一亭，亭有长。十亭一乡，乡有三老、有秩、啬夫、游徼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Dàshuài shí lǐ yī tíng, tíng yǒu zhǎng. Shí tíng yī xiāng, xiāng yǒu sān lǎo, yǒuzhì, sèfū, yóujiào. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 不亭
• 亭亭 (tíngtíng)
• 亭亭玉立 (tíngtíng yùlì)
• 亭午 (tíngwǔ)
• 亭午夜分
• 亭場／亭场
• 亭子 (tíngzi)
• 亭子間／亭子间 (tíngzijiān)
• 亭彩
• 亭彩店
• 亭林先生
• 亭榭
• 亭毒
• 亭皋
• 亭臺／亭台 (tíngtái)
• 亭臺樓閣／亭台楼阁 (tíngtáilóugé)
• 亭長／亭长 (tíngzhǎng)
• 亭障
• 保亭縣／保亭县
• 六角亭 (Liùjiǎotíng)
• 十里長亭
• 商亭 (shāngtíng)
• 售票亭
• 失街亭
• 崗亭／岗亭 (gǎngtíng)
• 幔亭
• 御碑亭
• 徼亭
• 拜月亭
• 敬亭山
• 新亭
• 新亭對泣／新亭对泣
• 新亭淚／新亭泪
• 斷金亭子／断金亭子
• 旗亭
• 旗亭畫壁／旗亭画壁
• 柳敬亭
• 樂亭／乐亭
• 樂亭大鼓／乐亭大鼓
• 樓臺亭閣／楼台亭阁
• 樓閣亭臺／楼阁亭台
• 歧亭 (Qítíng)
• 涼亭／凉亭 (liángtíng)
• 湖心亭
• 滄浪亭／沧浪亭
• 漢壽亭侯／汉寿亭侯
• 牡丹亭
• 猇亭 (Xiāotíng)
• 玉立亭亭
• 短亭
• 碑亭 (bēitíng)
• 票亭
• 禾亭 (Hétíng)
• 羅亭／罗亭
• 考亭
• 考亭學派／考亭学派
• 茶亭 (chátíng)
• 華亭鶴唳／华亭鹤唳
• 蘭亭／兰亭 (Lántíng)
• 蘭亭帖／兰亭帖
• 蘭亭序／兰亭序 (Lántíngxù)
• 蘭亭會／兰亭会
• 蘭亭集序／兰亭集序
• 豐樂亭／丰乐亭
• 邊亭／边亭
• 郵亭／邮亭
• 都亭 (dūtíng)
• 醉翁亭
• 長亭／长亭 (chángtíng)
• 長亭短亭／长亭短亭
• 陶然亭 (Táorántíng)
• 電話亭／电话亭 (diànhuàtíng)
• 風亭月館／风亭月馆
• 風波亭／风波亭
• 香亭
• 馬嵬亭／马嵬亭
• 驛亭／驿亭
• 鮚埼亭／鲒埼亭

 

Japanese

Kanji

亭

(Jōyō kanji)

1. arbor
2. pavilion

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: あずまや (azumaya, 亭)^{←あづまや (adumaya, 亭, historical)}

See also

• 東(あずま)屋(や) (azumaya)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
亭
ちん Grade: S
tōon

Alternative forms

• 亭(てい) (tei)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちん [chíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

亭(ちん) • (chin) ^{←ちん (tin)?}

1. arbor

Synonyms

• あずまや (azumaya)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
亭
てい Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 亭 (MC deng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ː]

Noun

亭(てい) • (tei) ^{←てい (tei)?}

1. Alternative form of 亭 (chin)

Korean

Hanja

亭 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亭: Hán Nôm readings: đình, đứa

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References

• Nom Foundation