婷 (tíng): graceful

Meanings

她身材婷婷，很优雅。

Tā shēncái tíngtíng, hěn yōuyǎ.

She has a graceful, slender figure.

她妹妹叫王婷婷。

Tā mèimei jiào Wáng Tíngtíng.

Her younger sister is named Wang Tingting.

usage

婷 describes a woman's graceful, elegant bearing, mostly in 婷婷 or 袅袅婷婷. It is also a very common character in girls' given names.

radical

女 nǚ

woman; female

The woman radical 女 on the left marks this as a word describing a woman's appearance or grace.

phonetic

亭 tíng

pavilion

On the right 亭 supplies the sound exactly. The slender, upright shape of a pavilion also suits the idea of a poised, graceful figure.

婷 tíng