丁, a pictographic character of a nail, serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
In modern Chinese, 丁 means:
1.[Formal] an able-bodied man
2.members of a family; population
3.the fourth
4.fruit, vegetables, or meat cut into small cubes
5.the “suffix” in certain job names
Characters formed by the phonetic component 丁
订／訂 盯 钉／訂 叮 酊 玎 仃 疔 奵 帄 虰 靪 耵 dīng
忊 矴 饤／飣 忊 dìng
耓 汀 厅／廳 庁 町 艼 tīng
邒 tíng
圢 甼 tǐng
灯／燈 dēng
顶／頂 dǐng