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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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simpl.
trad.

Etymology [edit]

Simplified from  ( → ). Note that 黑 changed from being on the left to being 灬, underneath. Compare (from ), which retains the , and , which is the simplification in isolation.

Current form is  + .

Han character [edit]

(radical 86 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input X卜口火 (XYRF), 卜口火 (YRF), composition)

  1. dot, speck, spot
  2. point, degree
  3. o'clock

Derived characters [edit]

  • Simplification:

References [edit]

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 669, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18980
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2198, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+70B9

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , Yale dim2)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Counter [edit]

(hiragana てん, romaji -ten)

  1. items or goods

Noun [edit]

(hiragana てん, romaji ten)

  1. spot, dot
  2. score; grade; mark(s)

Suffix [edit]

(hiragana てん, romaji -ten)

  1. point

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised jeom, McCune-Reischauer chŏm, Yale cem)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , pinyin diǎn (dian3), wéi (wei2), Wade-Giles tien3, wei2)

Compounds [edit]

Usage notes [edit]

点 is often used for "o'clock", following the numbered hour: e.g. "three o'clock" is "三点". Normally 点钟 would be used in the expression "1 o'clock" or "2 o'clock", due to the similarities between 一点 (meaning: "a bit") and 一点 (meaning: "1 o'clock"), but for other hours, the short form is used. Moreover, using 一点 for "1 o'clock" is not grammatically incorrect.