订 (dìng) is a Chinese character meaning “to agree on”. It is written from 讠 (speech radical) and 丁 (fourth; adult man), side by side, and takes 4 strokes.
Build the character for “to book; to order”
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Structure
讠 + 丁
Left–right structure
Structure from: modern-glyph-decomposition (IDS ⿰讠丁; 2+2 strokes verified against hanzi-writer-data)
Memory aid
Speech (讠) on the left, a nail (丁) on the right: you say it out loud and then nail it down — that is how you book a room or place an order.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
4 strokes
In real words
- 预订yù dìngto book in advance; to reserve订 = dìng
- 订单dìng dānorder form; purchase order订 = dìng
Go deeper
All readings
to book; to order
to agree on; to book or reserve; to order goods; to subscribe to
事先约定；预先购买或保留；也指约定条款、修改改正。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 预订yù dìngto book in advance; to reserve订 = dìng
- 订单dìng dānorder form; purchase order订 = dìng
Sound component
丁 family tone diff
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 订 mean?
订 (dìng) means to agree on; to book or reserve; to order goods; to subscribe to.
How do you pronounce 订?
It is pronounced dìng.
What parts is 订 made of?
讠 (speech radical) and 丁 (fourth; adult man), side by side. The recorded source is: modern-glyph-decomposition (IDS ⿰讠丁; 2+2 strokes verified against hanzi-writer-data). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 订 have?
4. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 订?
讠. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 订?
Common ones are 预订 and 订单. The reading of 订 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.