典

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See also: 曲

典 U+5178, 典
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5178
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Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes
Stroke order (Japan)
8 strokes

Han character

典 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿月金 (TBC), four-corner 55801, composition ⿱曲八)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1474
  • Dae Jaweon: page 286, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 247, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5178

Further reading

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 典
alternative forms 𠔓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 典
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
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

Small seal script

s03455

s03456

Transcribed ancient scripts

L34729

L34730

L34731

L34732

L34733

L34734

L16109

L16110

L16111

L16112

L16113

L16114

L16115

L16116

L16117

L16118

L16119

L16120

L16121

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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu 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／会意) : 冊 (“books”) + 丌 (“table”) – (official) books on a table.

Current form resembles the unrelated 曲.

Etymology

From Proto-Sinitic *dʰiəm.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • diang2 - Shantou;
  • diêng2 - Chaozhou.
  • 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 (Hokkien) /tian⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tɛiŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /tiaŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /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
Baxter tenX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		din2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 典
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		diǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁəʔ/
English statute, norm

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
  4. (Internet slang) Literally "classic, typical", used usually alone to complain that a person's words hit one of the typicals of the similar ridiculous expressions.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

典

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Noun

典(てん) • (ten) 

  1. ceremony
    華(か)燭(しょく)の典(てん)
    kashoku no ten
    wedding ceremony
  2. rule

Korean

Hanja

典 (eumhun 법 전 (beop jeon))

  1. Hanja form? of 전 (“rule; law”).

Vietnamese

Han character

典: Hán Nôm readings: điển, đến, điếng

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