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典

典

典 U+5178, 典
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5178
← 具
[U+5177] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兹 →
[U+5179]
See also: 曲

Translingual

Stroke order
Japanese stroke order

Han character

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

References

  • KangXi: page 128, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1474
  • Dae Jaweon: page 286, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 247, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5178

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 典
alt. forms 𠔓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 典
Oracle bone script

j10971

j10972

j10973

j10974

j10975

j10976

j10977

j10978

j10979

j10980

j10981

j10982
Bronze inscriptions

b06774

b06775

b06776

b06777

b06778

b06779

b06780

b06781

b06782

b06783
Large seal script

L34729

L34730

L34731

L34732

L34733

L34734

L16109

L16110

L16111

L16112

L16113

L16114

L16115

L16116

L16117

L16118

L16119

L16120

L16121
Small seal script

s03455

s03456
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu 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) : 冊 ‎(“books”) + 丌 ‎(“table”) – (official) books on a table.

Current form resembles the unrelated 曲.

Pronunciation

  • 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 (Min Nan) /tian⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tɛiŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tiaŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tenX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tenX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tɛnX/
Li
Rong		 /tenX/
Wang
Li		 /tienX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 diǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 典
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 diǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tˤə[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

典

  1. law; canon
  2. documentation
  3. classic; scripture

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

典

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

典 ‎(hiragana てん, romaji ten)

  1. ceremony
    • 華燭の典
      かしょくのてん
      kashoku no ten
      wedding ceremony
  2. rule

Korean

Hanja

典 • ‎(jeon) (hangeul 전)

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Vietnamese

Han character

典 (điển, đến, điếng)

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