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Chinese symbol for “institutional”

典章
diǎn zhāng
institution; institutional

The closest CC-CEDICT match for institutional is 典章 (diǎn zhāng), defined as: institution; institutional.

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Characters and stroke order

典 diǎn
law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation
radical 12 ⼋ · 8 strokes
章 zhāng
chapter, section, writing; seal
radical 180 ⾳ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 典章.

WordPinyinMeaning
经典 (經典)jīng diǎnthe classics; scriptures
典型diǎn xíngmodel; typical case
古典gǔ diǎnclassical
庆典 (慶典)qìng diǎncelebration
典礼 (典禮)diǎn lǐceremony; celebration
典范 (典範)diǎn fànmodel; example
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
宪章 (憲章)xiàn zhāngcharter

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.