The Chinese characters 钉 meaning is nail.

Originally, this Chinese character was a pictograph of a nail: 丁. Clarified with the metal radical (金), it is now simplified to 钉. 丁 itself now stands for a strong male adult or soldier for, in a sense, nails are soldiers - strong, useful but never really valued. Hence the saying: “Use not good iron to make nails, nor good men soldiers!’

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