点

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See also: 點 and 奌
点 U+70B9, 点
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70B9
← 炸
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 為 →

Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order
9 strokes
Japanese 点
Simplified 点
Traditional 點

Etymology

Simplified from 點 (黑 → 灬). Note that 黑 changed from being on the left to being 灬, underneath. Compare 黙 (from 默), which retains the 里, and 黒, which is the simplification in isolation.

Current form is graphically 占 + 灬.

Han character

点 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 難卜口火 (XYRF) or 卜口火 (YRF), composition ⿱占灬)

Derived characters

Descendants

  • Simplification: 奌

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 669, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18980
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2198, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+70B9

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 点 – see 點 (“dot; spot; speck; place; point; spot; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 點).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

点

Kyūjitai

點

Kanji

点

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 點)

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
点
てん
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
點 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 點／点 (temX, “point”).

Pronunciation

Counter

点(てん) • (-ten) 

  1. items or goods

Noun

点(てん) • (ten) 

  1. spot, dot
    点(てん)が付(つ)く字体(じたい)
    ten ga tsuku jitai
    form of a character that has a dot stroke (丶)
  2. score, grade, mark(s)
    満(まん)点(てん)、減(げん)点(てん)
    manten, genten
    full marks / score; reduction in score
  3. point (clarification of this definition is needed)
    共通(きょうてん)する点(てん)
    kyōten suru ten
    shared parts
    注目(ちゅうもく)すべき点(てん)
    chūmoku subeki ten
    a point that should be noticed
    いくつかの点(てん)で初版(しょはん)とは異(こと)なっている
    ikutsuka no ten de shohan to wa kotonatteiru
    different with the first edition on multiple points

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

点 (eum 점 (jeom))

  1. Alternative form of 點 (“Hanja form? of 점 (“point; dot; spot; speck”).”)

References

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