挺
挺 — jeong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 빼어날 정
- Romanization
- jeong
- English
- to stand upright, straighten; rigid
- Mandarin
- tǐng
- Japanese on'yomi
- テイ, チョウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ぬ.く
- Japanese usage
- Jinmeiyō kanji
- Newspaper frequency
- #2,189 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 手 (64, 7 residual)
- Unicode
- U+633A
Parts that make up 挺
How 挺 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 挺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 廷.
Korean example words with 挺
- 정쟁하다挺爭 Korean gloss: 남보다 앞장서서 다투다
- 정신하다挺身 Korean gloss: 무슨 일에 앞장서서 나아가다
- 정신대挺身隊 Korean gloss: 태평양 전쟁 때 일제가 식민지 여성들을 강제로 동원하여 만든 무리
- 정립挺立 Korean gloss: 높이 우뚝 솟음.
- 정창挺槍 Korean gloss: 창을 겨누어 듦.
- 정출挺出 Korean gloss: 쑥 비어져 나옴.
- 정절挺節 Korean gloss: 절개를 굳게 세우고 굽히지 아니함.
- 정걸挺傑 Korean gloss: 남보다 훨씬 뛰어남. 또는 그런 사람.
- 공정空挺 Korean gloss: 지상 부대가 항공기를 이용하여 전투 지역 또는 적 후방에 투입되어 적을 공격하는 일.
- 음정陰挺 Korean gloss: 여성 음부의 발기 부분으로 소음순의 앞쪽 끝에 솟은 작은 돌기. 발생학적으로 남자의 음경에 해당한다.
- 정수하다挺秀 Korean gloss: 빼어나게 뛰어나다.
- 정연挺然 Korean gloss: ‘정연하다’의 어근.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 挺
- 挺身隊ていしんたい military unit composed of personnel who have volunteered for dangerous assignments; volunteer corps
- 挺身ていしん offering oneself (for); volunteering (to do); coming forward
- 空挺くうてい airborne (troops, operation, etc.)
- 挺すていす to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)
- 挺進ていしん going ahead of the others; advancing ahead of the main force
- 挺幹ていかん caudex (of a plant)
- 空挺隊くうていたい airborne troops; paratroops
- 挺するていする to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)
- 挺進隊ていしんたい advance unit sent ahead of the main force on a special mission
- 空挺兵くうていへい paratrooper
- 空挺堡くうていほ airhead
- 空挺隊員くうていたいいん paratroopers
Other hanja read “정”
Other hanja with radical 手
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences