点

See also: 點 and 奌

点 U+70B9, 点 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70B9 ← 炸 [U+70B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 為 → [U+70BA]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Japanese	点
Simplified	点
Traditional	點

Etymology

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

Current form is graphically 占 + 灬.

Han character

点 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input X卜口火 (XYRF) or 卜口火 (YRF), composition ⿱占灬)

Derived characters

• 𨃊

Descendants

• Simplification: 奌

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 点 – see 點 (“dot; spot; speck; place; point; spot; etc.”). (This character, 点, is the simplified form of 點.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	点
Kyūjitai	點

Kanji

点

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 點)

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}
• Kun: さす (sasu, 点す); たてる (tateru, 点てる); ちょぼ (chobo, 点)^{←ちよぼ (tyobo, historical)}; つける (tsukeru, 点ける); とぼす (tobosu, 点す); ともす (tomosu, 点す); ぼち (bochi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 濁(だく)点(てん) (dakuten)
• 点(てん)字(じ) (tenji)
• 点(てん)火(か) (tenka)
• 点(てん)検(けん) (tenken)
• 点(てん)穴(けつ) (tenketsu): pressure points
• 点(てん)滅(めつ) (tenmetsu)
• 点(てん)心(しん) (tenshin)
• 点(てん)数(すう) (tensū)
• 自(じ)殺(さつ)点(てん) (jisatsuten): own goal
• 半(はん)濁(だく)点(てん) (handakuten)
• 特(とく)異(い)点(てん) (tokuiten, “singularity”)

Kanji in this term
点
てん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 點 (tem^X, “point”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) てん [tèń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɴ]

Counter

点(てん) • (-ten) 

1. items or goods

Noun

点(てん) • (ten) 

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

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Korean

Hanja

点 (eumhun 점 점 (jeom jeom))

1. Alternative form of 點 (“Hanja form^? of 점 (“point; dot; spot; speck”).”)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 37. [1]