典 — Chinese character
典
diǎn
law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation
- Pinyin
- diǎn
- Radical
- 12 ⼋ (Eight)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 曲 八
- Formation
- ideographic — Two hands 八 holding a book 冊
- Japanese
- 典 as a kanji
Common words with 典
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经典 (經典) | jīng diǎn | the classics; scriptures |
| 典型 | diǎn xíng | model; typical case |
| 古典 | gǔ diǎn | classical |
| 庆典 (慶典) | qìng diǎn | celebration |
| 典礼 (典禮) | diǎn lǐ | ceremony; celebration |
| 典范 (典範) | diǎn fàn | model; example |
| 词典 (詞典) | cí diǎn | dictionary; measure word: 本 (běn), 部 (bù) |
| 字典 | zì diǎn | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典 (cí diǎn), which has entries for words of one or more characters); |
| 法典 | fǎ diǎn | legal code; statute |
| 盛典 | shèng diǎn | majestic pomp; grand ceremony |
| 辞典 (辭典) | cí diǎn | variant of 词典 (cí diǎn) |
| 大典 | dà diǎn | ceremony; collection of classical writings |
English words written with 典
- classic
- typical
- celebration
- classical
- canon
- dictionary
- institutional
- inauguration
- scriptures
- pawn
- stereotype
- paragon
典 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 1 · Great Learning 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.