Read Edit View history Discussion 典 diǎn HSK2 document, work of scholarship Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts two hands (廾) holding a book (冊). Pinyin Separate values with commas diǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 典 Simp strokes 典 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 典 Simp strokes 典 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 典 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 229, 576 ], [ 261, 555 ], [ 278, 531 ], [ 330, 304 ], [ 348, 294 ] ], [ [ 298, 571 ], [ 330, 556 ], [ 657, 603 ], [ 688, 606 ], [ 724, 600 ], [ 756, 562 ], [ 704, 362 ], [ 698, 346 ], [ 671, 326 ] ], [ [ 361, 419 ], [ 426, 422 ], [ 596, 452 ], [ 634, 454 ], [ 655, 448 ] ], [ [ 376, 749 ], [ 418, 708 ], [ 426, 657 ], [ 447, 314 ], [ 433, 300 ] ], [ [ 557, 797 ], [ 594, 767 ], [ 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