diǎn

document, work of scholarship

Depicts two hands () holding a book ().

Components
冊 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

book

廾 iconic component

  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

典 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
典 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
典 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
典 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
典 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

diǎn

law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture; canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn

Most common words with 典
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Meaning

经典

the classics

典型

model

典礼

celebration

瑞典

Sweden

canon

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)