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典 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「八」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「八」
On
テンてん · ten
Kun
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Meaning
canon, code, standard book

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Depicts a book (冊) held up reverently in both hands (廾); an important text or code, hence 'canon'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテンてんten典拠てんきょ古典こてん式典しきてん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 辞典じてん

    dictionary

  • 古典こてん

    classics

More words with this kanji

  • 香典こうでん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

わからない言葉(ことば)を辞典(じてん)で調(しら)べる。

I look up words I don't know in a dictionary.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 八Map of reading テンAll maps

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