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Surname Ding

陳 · 丁

Ding is a Chinese surname: the Foochow spelling of 陳, or the Mandarin and Foochow spelling of 丁.

Characters for the surname Ding

The spelling Ding is common in Foochow and Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 陳

    to display; old; surname

    Foochow dìng / Mandarin chén

    attested

  • 丁

    adult man; fourth heavenly stem; surname

    Mandarin dīng / Foochow dĭng

陳 all spellings of chén丁 all spellings of dīng

Possible characters for Ding

Ding 陳 chén · Foochow 丁 dīng · Mandarin · Foochow
The spelling Ding can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
陳chén · Foochow
丁dīng · Mandarin · Foochow

Other spellings of the same character

  • Tan 陳Hokkien, Teochew, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chan 陳Cantonese, Hokkien
  • Chen 陳Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chin 陳Hakka, Cantonese
  • Chun 陳Cantonese
  • Tang 陳Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Ting 陳 丁Foochow, Cantonese
  • Teng 丁Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Ding

Ding is the Foochow spelling of the surname 陳 (Mandarin Chen), read dìng in Foochow. Ding is also the Mandarin spelling of the surname 丁, read dīng in Mandarin and dĭng in Foochow. The character 陳 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the character the family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 陳 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 陳 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 丁 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 丁 · mdbg.net · meaning

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