Chinese symbol for “butyl”
丁
dīng
male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 (tiān gān); fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for butyl is 丁 (dīng), defined as: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 (tiān gān); fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin; (in former times) to press-gang |
| 布丁 | bù dīng | pudding (loanword) |
| 补丁 (補丁) | bǔ ding | patch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch |
| 丁丁 | dīng dīng | (neologism) (slang) penis (丁丁 resembles "JJ", which is short for 鸡鸡 (jī jī)) |
| 园丁 (園丁) | yuán dīng | gardener |
See also: Japanese symbol for “butyl”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.