点 (diǎn): meaning and stroke order
点 (diǎn) means to touch briefly; to tap, to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list).
点
- Simplified
- 点
- Traditional
- 點
- Pinyin
- diǎn
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Stroke order of 点
点
- diǎn to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 點
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Meaning of 点
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diǎn
Traditional 點
- to touch briefly; to tap
- to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
- to order (food etc); to select
- to mention; to bring up (a topic or person)
- to hint at; to imply
- to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops
- to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite
- to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
- point; dot; spot; speck
- dot stroke in Chinese characters
- (math.) decimal point
- point in time or space
- (after a number) o'clock
- a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
- classifier for small amounts
Radical and structure
- 点
- Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 9 strokes · 占 on top, 灬 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 点
- 一点 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
- 点儿 diǎn r erhua variant of 點|点[dian3]
- 点头 diǎn tóu to nod
- 起点 qǐ diǎn starting point
- 点菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant)
- 观点 guān diǎn point of view; viewpoint
- 极点 jí diǎn extreme point; pole
- 终点 zhōng diǎn the end; end point
- 缺点 quē diǎn weak point; fault
- 甜点 tián diǎn dessert
- 一点儿 yī diǎn r erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
- 一点点 yī diǎn diǎn a little bit
点 in our stories
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小月每天七点起床。
Xiǎoyuè měitiān qī diǎn qǐchuáng
Every day Xiaoyue gets up at seven.
From the story Xiaoyue's day HSK 1
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九点，他们到医院。
jiǔ diǎn tāmen dào yīyuàn
At nine they reach the hospital.
From the story Taking a taxi HSK 1
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晚上八点，他到了上海。
wǎnshang bā diǎn tā dào le Shànghǎi
At eight in the evening he arrived in Shanghai.
From the story At the airport HSK 2
Where you learn it
点 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 点
- Xiaoyue's day HSK 1
- Taking a taxi HSK 1
- At the airport HSK 2
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- The honest answer HSK 3
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).