Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 典


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Meaning

canon, law, standard work of scholarship, ceremony

Pronunciation

diǎn

Explanation

Top: variant of writing tablets , below: table (or variant of: to bend 曲)

Mnemonic

The writing tablets on the table are a standard-work/canon (for the ceremony).

Radicals

writing tablets
table(This hanzi stands also for "how many" or small table and this radical is understood as a variation of it.)
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Vocabulary

古典 gǔ diǎn classical
典型 diǎn xíng model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
典礼 diǎn lǐ celebration; ceremony
雅典 Yǎ diǎn Athens, capital of Greece

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