dīng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tinkling sound of jade or metal
  2. 2 jingling

Examples

玉佩发出玎玎清脆声响
Yùpèi xiāng jī, fāchū dīngdīng de qīngcuì shēngxiǎng.
The jade pendants struck each other with a clear jingling sound.
Wūyán xià chuánlái fēnglíng dīngdāng de shēngyīn.
From the eaves came the jingle-jangle of wind chimes.

Tips

usage
Almost always doubled or paired in onomatopoeia: 玎玎, 玎玲, 玎当 — it evokes the bright ringing of jade ornaments or small metal bells, not a standalone word.

Components

radical
wáng
jade
Left side is the jade radical (the 'jade' form written as on the left), placing the character in the jade-and-gemstone family — fitting, since the word names the chiming sound jade ornaments make.
phonetic
dīng
nail; sound element
Right side supplies the sound dīng, which itself mimics a sharp ringing tone — a tidy match for an onomatopoeic jade-clink word.

Stroke Order

dīng