亭 — Chinese character
亭
tíng
pavilion; erect
- Pinyin
- tíng
- Radical
- 8 ⼇ (Lid)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亠 口 冖 丁
- Formation
- pictographic — 亠, 口, and 冖 form a picture of a pavilion; 丁 provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 亭 as a kanji
Common words with 亭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凉亭 (涼亭) | liáng tíng | pavilion |
| 亭子 | tíng zi | pavilion |
| 电话亭 (電話亭) | diàn huà tíng | telephone booth |
| 碑亭 | bēi tíng | pavilion housing a stele |
| 岗亭 (崗亭) | gǎng tíng | sentry box; police box |
| 亭亭玉立 | tíng tíng yù lì | (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight |
| 亭长 (亭長) | tíng zhǎng | ancient official title |
| 亭台 (亭臺) | tíng tái | pavilion |
| 亭台楼阁 (亭臺樓閣) | tíng tái lóu gé | pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens) |
| 书亭 (書亭) | shū tíng | book kiosk |
| 报亭 (報亭) | bào tíng | kiosk; newsstand |
| 报刊亭 (報刊亭) | bào kān tíng | newsstand |
亭 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.