Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Ding Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 1296, Entry 03 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ding. Explanation from the Shuowen Jiezi: Refined gold in cake form. Also from Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Lingding, the name of a spear. Guo Pu stated: The crane-knee spear is called lingding in Jiangdong. Another interpretation says it is an iron spatula. Also from Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): An iron nail. Also from the History of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Tao Kan: He ordered that all bamboo ends and wood shavings be stored. When Huan Wen invaded Shu, he used the stored bamboo ends to make nails to equip the ships. Also the name of a country. From the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): There is the country of Dingling. Commentary: Wu Renchen says: Dingling is the present-day Dingling country. It is also known as Dingling. It is also written in a variant form (dingling). Also from the Baopuzi, Yellow and White Scroll: Bright and beautiful colors that can be pinned. Also from Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ding. From the Book of Han (Qianhanshu), Table of Princes and Marquises: There was the Marquis of Youli, Liu Ding. Commentary: Pronounced ding. Also pronounced ding. Also from Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Refined gold in cake form. Also from Wide Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ding. The meaning is the same. Also from Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): To fasten something with a nail. Also from Five Sounds Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): Pronounced ling. From the Category of Characters (Zilei): To strike.