点

See also: 點 and 奌

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

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.

Hanzi

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

Derived characters

• 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: volume 3, page 2198, character 7
• Unihan data for U+70B9

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 点 – see 點. (This character, 点, is the simplified form of 點.)

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

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Japanese

Kanji

点

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

Readings

• Goon: てん (ten)
• Kan’on: てん (ten)
• Kun: ぼち (bochi), たてる (点てる, tateru), さす (点す, sasu), とぼす (点す, tobosu), ともす (点す, tomosu), つける (点ける, tsukeru)

Compounds

Compounds

濁点 (だくてん) ‎(dakuten) 点字 (てんじ) ‎(tenji) 点火 (てんか) ‎(tenka) 点検 (てんけん) ‎(tenken) 点穴 (てんけつ) ‎(tenketsu): pressure points 点滅 (てんめつ) ‎(tenmetsu) 点心 (てんしん) ‎(tenshin) 点数 (てんすう) ‎(tensū) 自殺点 (じさつてん) ‎(jisatsuten): own goal 半濁点 (はんだくてん) ‎(handakuten)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Counter

点 ‎(hiragana てん, romaji -ten)

1. items or goods

Noun

点 ‎(hiragana てん, romaji ten)

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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