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典

diǎn

document, work of scholarship

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a book (冊).

Components
冊 iconic component

冊  Iconic component

cè

  

book

廾 iconic component

廾  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

典  

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
Freq.
Word
Meaning

经典

the classics

典型

model

典礼

celebration

瑞典

Sweden

典

canon

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

碘 腆

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤə[r]ʔ

tenX

diǎn

statute, norm


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 28.8003% of movies

1205th most common character in movies

1044th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5178

Shuowen

“典，五帝之書也。从在丌上，尊閣之也。莊都說：“典，大也。’，古文典从竹。”


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