典

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See also: 曲

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Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes
Stroke order (Japan)
8 strokes

Han character

典 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿月金 (TBC), four-corner 55801)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1474
  • Dae Jaweon: page 286, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 247, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5178

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 典
alternative forms 𠔓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 典
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
j10971
j10972
j10973
j10974
j10975
j10976
j10977
j10978
j10979
j10980
j10981
j10982
b06774
b06775
b06776
b06777
b06778
b06779
b06780
b06781
b06782
b06783
s03455
s03456
Transcribed ancient scripts
L34729
L34730
L34731
L34732
L34733
L34734
L16109
L16110
L16111
L16112
L16113
L16114
L16115
L16116
L16117
L16118
L16119
L16120
L16121
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (典) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
典 *tɯːnʔ
錪 *tɯːnʔ, *tʰɯːnʔ
腆 *tʰɯːnʔ
痶 *tʰɯːnʔ
淟 *tʰɯːnʔ
琠 *tʰɯːnʔ
賟 *tʰɯːnʔ
晪 *tʰɯːnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 冊 (“books”) + 丌 (“table”) – (official) books on a table.

Current form resembles the unrelated 曲.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 典

  1. law; canon
  2. documentation
  3. classic; scripture

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

典

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

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Noun

典(てん) • (ten) 

  1. ceremony
    華(か)燭(しょく)の典(てん)
    kashoku no ten
    wedding ceremony
  2. rule

Korean

Hanja

典 (eum 전 (jeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

典: Hán Nôm readings: điển, đến, điếng

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