Meaning
canon; dictionary
Chinese: 典籍、经典、字典、词典。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “dian” becomes a different word in each tone. 典 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 字典zì diǎnChinese character dictionary; (coll.) dictionary
- 词典cí diǎndictionary
- 经典jīng diǎnthe classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc)
- 典型diǎn xíngmodel; typical case; archetype; typical
- 典礼diǎn lǐceremony; celebration
Example Sentence
遇到不认识的字，可以查字典。Yù dào bú rèn shi de zì, kě yǐ chá zì diǎn.When you meet a character you do not know, you can look it up in the dictionary.
遇到Yù dàoto meet不búnot认识rèn shito know的deof字zìletter，可以kě yǐcan查cháto research字典zì diǎn(coll.) dictionary。