打
JLPT HSK 1

dá, dǎ
Left: hand 扌, right: a nail 丁
The hand hits the nail with strikes.

	可
JLPT HSK 2

kě
Nail 丁 and opening 口
The nail into the opening should be possible.

	哥
JLPT HSK 2

gē
Comprises twice: possibility/can do 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
The one, who can very much (= the double of me), is my elder brother.

	灯
JLPT HSK 3

dēng
Left: fire 火, right: nail 丁 (here: understood as a torch)
The fire at the torch serves as a lamp. (Whereas the fire 光 on legs 儿 is a bright light 光)

	厅
JLPT HSK 4

tīng
Left: cliff 厂, right: nail 丁
In size of a cliff and built with nails: the administration's hall.

	停
JLPT HSK 4

tíng
Left: person 亻, right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high 高 nail 丁, is this pavilion)
(When you travel you need a break:) The person is at the kiosk to stop.

	订
JLPT HSK 5

dìng
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves from a mouth 口), right: nail 丁
Words are fixed (= "nailed in") in an: agreement.

	顶
JLPT HSK 5

dǐng
Left: nail 丁, right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The nail has a head and that's its apex.

	宁
JLPT HSK 5

níng
Top: roof 宀, below: nail 丁
(There is no risk that the building might collapse:) When the roof is built with nails, you have peace.

	豫
JLPT HSK 5

yù
Left: give, bestow 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.), right: elephant 象 A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.
(Where shall it live?) If sb. give you an elephant, you should hesitate.

	盯
JLPT HSK 6

dīng
Left: eye 目, right: nail 丁
The view of the eyes (is straight) like a nail: when staring.

	丁
JLPT HSK 6

dīng

Image of a nail

	亭
JLPT HSK 6

tíng
Top: var. of high/tall 高 (watch tower), below: nail 丁
Tall like a high 高 nail 丁, is this pavilion.

	钉
JLPT HSK 6

dīng, dìng
Left: metal 钅/金, right: nail 丁
A metal nail.

	予
JLPT HSK 6

yú, yǔ
Top: bent person マ, below: variation of: nail 丁
The bent person with the nail has something: to give.

	叮
JLPT HSK 6

dīng
Left: mouth 口, right: nail 丁
A mouth like a nail is: the sting of a mosquito.

	拧
JLPT HSK 6

níng, nǐng, nìng
Left: hand 扌, right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
If the hand is covering 宀 and acts like a nail, it pinches.

	汀
JLPT no HSK

tīng
Left: water 氵, right: nail 丁
In the water has only (the depth of) a nail: at a sandbar.

	狞
JLPT no HSK

níng
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
A wild animal that (pretends) to be peaceful is: malevolent.

	婷
JLPT no HSK

tíng
Left: woman 女, right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high 高 nail 丁 is this pavilion.)
The woman (vendor) at the kiosk (pavilion) is graceful.

	泞
JLPT no HSK

nìng
Left: water 氵, right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
When water finds its 'peace' (= it is resting), is becomes: muddy.

	町
JLPT no HSK

tǐng
Left: rice paddy 田, right: nail 丁
At the rice paddy (straight) like a nail: The raised path.