典
典 — jeon
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 법 전
- Romanization
- jeon
- English
- law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture
- Mandarin
- diǎn
- Japanese on'yomi
- テン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ふみ のり
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,055 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 (12, 6 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5178
Parts that make up 典
How 典 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 典 as a ideographic compound involving 冊, 丌.
Korean example words with 典
- 장전壯典 Korean gloss: 장한 축전
- 성전盛典 Korean gloss: 성대한 의식
- 전리典吏 Korean gloss: 하급의 벼슬아치
- 전례典例 Korean gloss: 전거가 되는 선례
- 공전公典 Korean gloss: 공평하게 만든 법률
- 전교典敎 Korean gloss: 항상 지켜야 할 가르침
- 집전執典 Korean gloss: 전례(典禮)를 다잡아 집행함
- 전고典故 Korean gloss: 전거(典據)로 삼을 만한 옛일
- 전옥典獄 Korean gloss: 죄를 지은 사람을 가두던 옥(獄)
- 축전祝典 Korean gloss: 축하하는 뜻으로 행하는 의식이나 행사
- 전주典主 Korean gloss: 물건을 잡아 놓고 돈을 꾸어 주는 사람
- 전거典據 Korean gloss: 말이나 문장의 근거가 되는 문헌상의 출처
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 典
- 式典しきてん ceremony; rites
- 古典こてん classic (work, esp. book); the classics
- 典型てんけい type; pattern; model
- 辞典じてん dictionary; lexicon
- 祭典さいてん festival
- 事典じてん encyclopedia
- 典型的てんけいてき typical; representative; archetypal
- 特典とくてん privilege; special favor; special favour
- 百科事典ひゃっかじてん encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
- 古典的こてんてき classical; classic
- 国語辞典こくごじてん Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
- 香典こうでん gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift
Other hanja read “전”
Other hanja with radical 八
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