典
diǎn HSK2

document, work of scholarship

典 diǎn
canon nounadjective
(bound form) standard work of scholarship; classic book; collection of laws or rules
standard adjectivenoun
(bound form) rule; law; norm; standard
ceremony noun
(bound form) grand ceremony; formal rite; celebration
to mortgage verb
to mortgage or pawn; to put up property as collateral for a loan
allusion
(bound form) literary quotation or allusion; historical story or system
to be in charge of
(literary bound form) to take charge of; to manage; to preside over
surname
a Chinese surname
elegant
(bound form) elegant; refined; polished (of literary style)

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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)