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定 8 strokes

定 dìng — to fix; to set; to make definite

8 strokes · radical 宀 (roof)

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A way to remember it

A roof over 正, straight and settled. Under a roof and set right is the picture of deciding: 决定, 定下来.

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A roof over 正, straight and settled.

Words it turns up in

一定决定绑定

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