diǎn
典 (diǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “canon; law; standard work of scholarship”.
Meanings
- 1canon
- 2law
- 3standard work of scholarship
- 4literary quotation or allusion
- 5ceremony
- 6to be in charge of
- 7to mortgage or pawn
Related words
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