典 diǎn

1. diǎn noun canon; classic; scripture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: tenX；as in 典籍 (Kroll 2015 '典' 1; GHC '典' 1) In Shuo Wen, 典，經也。‘diǎn means the same as jīng.’ ('Er Ya, Shi Yan'爾雅‧釋言, 1739) For example, 修其訓典 'cultivated in teaching the classics.' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou 史記‧周本紀) Also, 冬讀書，典書者詔之。 'In winter they read the book of History, being instructed by the guardians of it.' (The Classic of Rites, King Wen as Son and Heir 禮記‧文王世子)
2. diǎn noun laws; regulations
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 法则 or 制度 (Kroll 2015 '典' 2; NCCED '典' 2-3; GHC '典' 2) For example, 乃命大史守典奉法 'He also orders the Grand recorder to guard the statutes and maintain the laws ...' (The Classic of Rites, Proceedings of Government in the Different Months 禮記‧月令)
3. diǎn noun a ceremony
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典礼 (NCCED '典' 4; GHC '典' 5)
4. diǎn noun an institution in imperial China
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典章 (GHC '典' 3)
5. diǎn adjective refined; elegant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典雅 (GHC '典' 4)
6. diǎn verb to administer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 掌管 (GHC '典' 6; NCCED '典' 6; Kroll 2015 '典' 4)
7. diǎn verb to pawn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典当 or 抵押 (GHC '典' 7; Kroll 2015 '典' 5)
8. diǎn noun an allusion; a precedent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '典' 3; NCCED '典' 5)
9. diǎn noun scripture; grantha
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: grantha (BCSD '典', p. 175; MW 'grantha'; SH '典', p. 250)

Contained in

• 佛教大辞典(佛教大辭典) Bukkyō daijiten ; Mochizuki Bukkyō Daijiten
• 中华电子佛典协会资料库(中華電子佛典協會資料庫) CBETA database
• 外国典籍莫不该贯(外國典籍莫不該貫) had a proficient knowledge of the canonical texts of foreign lands
• 献给旅行者日中华文化佛教宝典(獻給旅行者365 日─中華文化佛教寶典) 365 Days For Travelers: Wisdom from Chinese Literary and Buddhist Classics
• 现代佛教人物辞典(現代佛教人物辭典) A Dictionary of People in Contemporary Buddhism
• 火典 Meal Signal
• 一行佛学辞典(一行佛學辭典) Yixing Buddhist Dictionary
• 典宾(典賓) Guest Prefect
• 剃度典礼(剃度典禮) Tonsure Ceremony
• 安基动土典礼(安基動土典禮) Foundation Laying Ceremony
• 降伏非典国泰民安世界和平祈福大法会(降伏非典國泰民安世界和平祈福大法會) Cross-Strait Prayer for SARS and World Peace Dharma Service
• 南天桥落成典礼(南天橋落成典禮) Nan Tien Bridge Inauguration Ceremony
• 丁福保佛学大辞典(丁福保佛學大辭典) Foxue Da Cidian; Ding Fubao Buddhist Dictionary
• 佛陀纪念馆洒净安基典礼(佛陀紀念館灑淨安基典禮) Foundation Laying Ceremony for the Buddha Museum
• 佛光卫视开台试播典礼(佛光衛視開台試播典禮) Inauguration Ceremony of Buddha's Light Satellite Television Station

Also contained in

古典哲学 、 袖珍辞典 、 承典 、 毕业典礼 、 典质 、 三坟五典 、 雅典卫城 、 非典型肺炎 、 活字典 、 类语词典 、 典押 、 新古典 、 典型用途 、 邪典电影 、 大典 、 类语辞典 、 典狱长 、 索引典 、 字典序 、 典故 、 古典语言 、 坟典 、 数典忘祖 、 重典 、 赛典赤赡思丁 、 典据 、 词典学 、 圣典 、 古典 、 永乐大典 、 百科词典 、 古典文学 、 中国古典典籍 、 毕典 、 汉语大词典 、 宝典

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 63 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 61
• Scroll 72 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 49
• Scroll 66 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 49
• Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 43
• Scroll 100 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 42
• Scroll 68 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 32
• Scroll 69 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 26
• Scroll 49 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 26
• Scroll 9 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 26
• Scroll 60 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 26

Collocations

• 典兵 (典兵) 典兵寶為七 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 28
• 典经 (典經) 誦過四典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 24
• 典尊 (典尊) 王有大臣名曰典尊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 23
• 世典 (世典) 世典幽微靡不綜練 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 16
• 习典 (習典) 誦習典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 15
• 典中 (典中) 三明典中 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 三明典 (三明典) 三明典中 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 典婆罗门 (典婆羅門) 輔相婆羅門往詣七千教誦經典婆羅門 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
• 四典 (四典) 誦過四典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 9
• 典幽微 (典幽微) 世典幽微靡不綜練 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 9