The kanji 典: meaning, readings and stroke order

典

Meaning: classic book, ceremony
On reading: テン ten
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 八 eight
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sách chuẩn, nghi lễ (điển)
Japanese: だいじなほん。ぎしき。
Korean: 중요한 책, 의식 (전)
Chinese: 典籍、典礼

Readings, words and example sentences

テン ten · on reading

辞じ典てん
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.