典
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canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 典
- Common rank
- #957
- Unicode
- U+5178
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 典
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新古典主义 | neoclassicism | |
| 电子词典 | electronic dictionary | |
| 古典文学 | classical literature | |
| 卡典西德 | (Tw) adhesive vinyl sheet, used esp. for decals and computer-cut lettering (loanword from … | |
| 汉语大字典 | Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 … | |
| 心理词典 | mental lexicon | |
| 汉语大词典 | Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first pub… | |
| 古典语言 | classical language | |
| 百科事典 | encyclopedia | |
| 古典音乐 | classical music | |
| 民法典 | civil code | |
| 经典场论 | classical field theory (physics) | |
| 百科词典 | encyclopedic dictionary | |
| 词典学 | lexicography | |
| 维基词典 | Wiktionary (online dictionary) | |
| 典当行 | pawnshop | |
| 新古典 | neoclassical | |
| 成语典故 | historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying | |
| 古典乐 | classical music (mainly Western) | |
| 永乐大典 | the Yongle Great Encyclopedia (1408) |
Sound family
These characters use 典 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 典 sound part | law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation | |
| 碘 | iodine | |
| 腆 | good, strong; prosperous; protruding |