典
canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #958 U+5178
How 典 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two hands 八 holding a book 冊
How to remember it
canon · Heisig RSH #1370
曲 bent + tool
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 典 as their sound component
These characters all use 典 (diǎn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 典 sound component | diǎn | law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation |
| 碘 | diǎn | iodine |
| 腆 | tiǎn | good, strong; prosperous; protruding |
Words containing 典
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新古典主义 | xīn gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì | neoclassicism |
| 电子词典 | diàn zǐ cí diǎn | electronic dictionary |
| 古典文学 | gǔ diǎn wén xué | classical literature |
| 卡典西德 | kǎ diǎn xī dé | (Tw) adhesive vinyl sheet, used esp. for decals and computer-cut lettering (loanword from … |
| 汉语大字典 | Hàn yǔ Dà Zì diǎn | Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 … |
| 心理词典 | xīn lǐ cí diǎn | mental lexicon |
| 汉语大词典 | Hàn yǔ Dà Cí diǎn | Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first pub… |
| 古典语言 | gǔ diǎn yǔ yán | classical language |
| 百科事典 | bǎi kē shì diǎn | encyclopedia |
| 古典音乐 | gǔ diǎn yīn yuè | classical music |
| 民法典 | mín fǎ diǎn | civil code |
| 经典场论 | jīng diǎn chǎng lùn | classical field theory (physics) |
| 百科词典 | bǎi kē cí diǎn | encyclopedic dictionary |
| 词典学 | cí diǎn xué | lexicography |
| 维基词典 | Wéi jī cí diǎn | Wiktionary (online dictionary) |
| 典当行 | diǎn dàng háng | pawnshop |
| 新古典 | xīn gǔ diǎn | neoclassical |
| 成语典故 | chéng yǔ diǎn gù | historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying |
| 古典乐 | gǔ diǎn yuè | classical music (mainly Western) |
| 永乐大典 | Yǒng lè Dà diǎn | the Yongle Great Encyclopedia (1408) |