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典

See also: 曲

典 U+5178, 典
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5178
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典

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Stroke order (Japan)
 

Han character

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典 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿月金 (TBC), four-corner 55801, composition ⿱曲八)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1474
  • Dae Jaweon: page 286, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 247, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5178

Further reading

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 典
alternative forms 𠔓

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 典
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
     
 
j10971
 
j10972
 
j10973
 
j10974
 
j10975
 
j10976
 
j10977
 
j10978
 
j10979
 
j10980
 
j10981
 
j10982
 
b06774
 
b06775
 
b06776
 
b06777
 
b06778
 
b06779
 
b06780
 
b06781
 
b06782
 
b06783
 
s03455
 
s03456
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
L34729
 
L34730
 
L34731
 
L34732
 
L34733
 
L34734
 
L16109
 
L16110
 
L16111
 
L16112
 
L16113
 
L16114
 
L16115
 
L16116
 
L16117
 
L16118
 
L16119
 
L16120
 
L16121
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (典) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
典 *tɯːnʔ
錪 *tɯːnʔ, *tʰɯːnʔ
腆 *tʰɯːnʔ
痶 *tʰɯːnʔ
淟 *tʰɯːnʔ
琠 *tʰɯːnʔ
賟 *tʰɯːnʔ
晪 *tʰɯːnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 冊 (“books”) + 丌 (“table”) – (official) books on a table.

Unrelated to 曲 and 曹.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sinitic *dʰiəm.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • deng3 - literary;
  • dieng3 - literary variant.
Note:
  • diang2 - Shantou;
  • diêng2 - Chaozhou.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 典
Mandarin Beijing /tian²¹⁴/
Harbin /tian²¹³/
Tianjin /tian¹³/
Jinan /tiã⁵⁵/
Qingdao /tiã⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /tian⁵³/
Xi'an /tiã⁵³/
Xining /tiã⁵³/
Yinchuan /tian⁵³/
Lanzhou /tiɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /tian⁵¹/
Wuhan /tiɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /tian⁵³/
Guiyang /tian⁴²/ 家～
/tian²¹³/ ～當
Kunming /tiɛ̃⁵³/
Nanjing /tien²¹²/
Hefei /tiĩ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /tie⁵³/
Pingyao /tie̞⁵³/
Hohhot /tie⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ti³⁵/
Suzhou /tiɪ⁵¹/
Hangzhou /tiẽ̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /ti³⁵/
Hui Shexian /te³⁵/
Tunxi /tiɛ³¹/
Xiang Changsha /tiẽ⁴¹/
Xiangtan /tiẽ⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /tiɛn²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /tien³¹/
Taoyuan /tien³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tin³⁵/
Nanning /tim³⁵/
Hong Kong /tin³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tian⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tɛiŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /tiaŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdin²¹³/
/ʔdai²¹³/
Rime
Character 典
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 多殄切
Baxter tenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tenX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tenX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛnX/
Li
Rong 		/tenX/
Wang
Li 		/tienX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		din2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 典
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		diǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁə[r]ʔ/
English statute, norm

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 典
Reading # 1/1
No. 2342
Phonetic
component 		典
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		典
Old
Chinese 		/*tɯːnʔ/

Definitions

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典

  1. law; canon
  2. documentation
  3. classic; scripture
  4. (Internet slang) Literally "classic, typical", used usually alone to complain that a person's words hit one of the typicals of the similar ridiculous expressions.

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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典

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Pronunciation

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Kanji in this term
典
てん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

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典(てん) • (ten) 

  1. ceremony
    華(か)燭(しょく)の典(てん)
    kashoku no ten
    wedding ceremony
  2. rule

References

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  1. ^ “典”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

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Hanja

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典 (eumhun 법 전 (beop jeon))

  1. hanja form? of 전 (“rule; law”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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典: Hán Nôm readings: điển, đến, điếng

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