典
diǎn HSK2

document, work of scholarship

典 diǎn
canon noun
canon, law, or standard work of scholarship

字典是学习语言必备的工具。

zì diǎn shì xué​xí yǔ​yán bì​bèi de gōng​jù.

A dictionary is an essential tool for language learning.

allusion noun
literary quotation or allusion

这句诗中巧妙地用了一个典，增强了表现力。

zhè jù shī zhōng qiǎo​miào de yòng le yī gè diǎn, zēng​qiáng le biǎo​xiàn​lì.

This line of poetry skillfully uses a literary allusion, enhancing its expressiveness.

oversee noun
to be in charge of or to preside over

他典守图书，工作十分认真。

tā diǎn shǒu tú​shū, gōng​zuò shí​fēn rèn​zhēn.

He is in charge of looking after the books and takes his work very seriously.

pawn verb
to mortgage or pawn

他家境败落，被迫将祖屋典给他人筹钱。

tā jiā​jìng bài​luò, bèi​pò jiāng zǔ​wū diǎn gěi tā​rén chóu​qián.

His family fortune declined, and he was forced to mortgage his ancestral home to raise money.

ceremony noun
ceremony or formal rite

他们在礼堂举行了开学大典。

tā​men zài lǐ​táng jǔ​xíng le kāi​xué dà​diǎn.

They held a grand opening ceremony in the auditorium.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,044th most common 149.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,205th most common 69.9 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.93 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
12.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5178

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)