典 (diǎn): meaning and stroke order
典 (diǎn) means canon, law, standard work of scholarship, literary quotation or allusion, ceremony.
典
- Simplified
- 典
- Traditional
- 典 (same form)
- Pinyin
- diǎn
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Stroke order of 典
典
- diǎn canon; law
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 典
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diǎn
- canon
- law
- standard work of scholarship
- literary quotation or allusion
- ceremony
- to be in charge of
- to mortgage or pawn
Radical and structure
- 典
- Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 8 strokes
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 典
- 词典 cí diǎn dictionary; also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]
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