典

Information about character(s)

Radical: 八
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: diǎn, tiǎn
Cantonese: din2
JapaneseKun: NORI TSUKASADORU SAKAN
JapaneseOn: TEN
Korean: CEN
Vietnamese: điển

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture

CE-Dict: canon/law/standard work of scholarship/literary quotation or allusion/ceremony/to be in charge of/to mortgage or pawn

Soothill: Canon, rule; allusion; to take charge of; mortgage.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a statute; law; canon
2.books; records
3.allusions
4.to pawn; to mortgage

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: allusion; ceremony; law; standard

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: allusion; ceremony; law; standard

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《丌部》典五帝之書也。从冊在丌上，尊閣之也。莊都說，典，大冊也。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【八字部】典
〔古文〕𥮏【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤多殄切，顚上聲。【說文】典，五帝之書也。从𠕁在丌上，尊閣之也。【爾雅·釋言】典，經也。【廣韻】法也。【書·舜典】愼𡽪五典。【註】五典，五常也。【周禮·天官·大宰之職】掌建邦之六典。【秋官·大司𡨥】掌建邦之三典。【疏】常經卽是法式。又【周語】召公曰：瞽獻典。【註】典，樂典也。又典守，猶主也。【周禮·春官】典同。【又】典瑞。【戰國策】我典主東地。【註】典猶職典也。又姓。【魏志】有典韋。又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤徒典切，音殄。【正韻】堅潤貌。【周禮·冬官考工記】是故輈欲頎典。【註】頎讀爲懇。典，堅韌貌。【韻會】一曰車轅束。

Buddhism words and phrases canon

CF-Dict: mettre en gage/ canon/code/allusion/citation/cérémonie

Han-De-Dict: Standardwerk, Kanon (u.E.)

Finnish: kaanoni, laki, säädös; klassinen tarina; vakuu, kiinnitys, vala; pitää huolta jstk.