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Translingual [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (black) + phonetic  – black dots.

Han character [edit]

(radical 203 +5, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜口 (WFYR), four-corner 61360)

  1. dot, speck, spot
  2. point, degree
  3. how (Cantonese) - see 點解

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1519, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2053, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4745, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+9EDE

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , jyutping dim2, Yale dim2)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

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


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin diǎn (dian3), duò (duo4), zhān (zhan1), Wade-Giles tien3, to4, chan1)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(điểm, chấm, chúm, đém, đếm, đóm, đêm)

References [edit]