点

See also 點, and 奌

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

simpl.		点
trad.		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 占 + 灬.

Han character

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

1. dot, speck, spot
2. point, degree
3. o'clock

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

点 (traditional 點, Yale dim2)

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Japanese

Kanji

点 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• 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)

Compounds

• 点穴 (てんけつ, tenketsu): pressure points
• 濁点 (dakuten)
• 半濁点 (handakuten)

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)

Suffix

点 (hiragana てん, romaji -ten)

1. point

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

点 (traditional 點, pinyin diǎn (dian3), wéi (wei2), Wade-Giles tien³, wei²)

Compounds

• diǎn
  • 点钟
  • 一点

Usage notes

点 is often used for "o'clock", following the numbered hour: e.g. "three o'clock" is "三点". Normally 点钟 would be used in the expression "1 o'clock" or "2 o'clock", due to the similarities between 一点 (meaning: "a bit") and 一点 (meaning: "1 o'clock"), but for other hours, the short form is used. Moreover, using 一点 for "1 o'clock" is not grammatically incorrect.