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

典

  • Meaning

    典 means "ceremony, law, classic."

    1. Classic - A standard work; a model.

    2. Ceremony - A formal event.

    3. Law - A rule; a regulation.

  • Words using 典

    • 式典 しきてん Listen ceremony; rites
    • 古典 こてん Listen classic (work, esp. book); the classics
    • 典型 てんけい Listen type; pattern; model
    • 辞典 じてん Listen dictionary; lexicon
    • 祭典 さいてん Listen festival
    • 事典 じてん Listen encyclopedia
    • 典型的 てんけいてき Listen typical; representative; archetypal
    • 特典 とくてん Listen privilege; special favor; special favour

  • Tattoo check: 典

    • Verified meaning: ceremony, law, classic
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ただし, つかさ, てん, でん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 典

    Given names 典(ただし)Listen 典(つかさ)Listen 典(てん)Listen 典(でん)Listen 典(のり)Listen 典(ふみ)Listen 典(みち)Listen

  • 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

    tip

    den(デン) デン

    ten(テン) テン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fumi(ふみ) ふみ

    nori(のり) のり

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    八 (hachi・hachigashira・ha)

  • Related Keywords

    classic ceremony law book text store govern administer standard benchmark teaching instruction canon rule precedent code reference tradition

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