Kanji Detail for 典 - "classic, ceremony, standard"

典

Jōyō Kanji
Kyōiku Kanji

JLPT N1

ES grade 4

Meaning
典 means "classic, ceremony, standard."
1. Classic - A standard work; a model.
2. Ceremony - A formal event.
3. Law - A rule; a regulation.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

code; ceremony; law; rule

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Law; constant. Such as 典刑, meaning standards. Commonly written as 典型 (model). | Historical precedent is called 典. Such as 數典忘祖 (citing precedents while forgetting one's ancestors). See (Zuo Zhuan). | To preside. Being in charge of a matter is called 典. Such as in Zhou official titles 典命, 典祀. | To pawn is called 典. Such as 典當 (pawn), 典押 (mortgage).
Onyomi

ten(てん)
Kunyomi

fumi(ふみ)

nori(のり)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

八 (hachi・hachigashira・ha)
Related Keywords
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