Memory phrase for the character: 典

典

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Meaning canon, law, standard work of scholarship, ceremony

Pronunciation

diǎn

Explanation

Top: variant of writing tablets 冊, below: table (or variant of: to bend 曲)

Mnemonic
 
The writing tablets on the table are a standard-work/canon (for the ceremony).

Radicals

冊 writing tablets
tableThis hanzi 几 stands also for "how many" or small table and this radical is understood as a variation of it.
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 Vocabulary

古典 gǔ diǎn  classical
典型 diǎn xíng  model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
典礼 diǎn lǐ  celebration; ceremony
雅典 Yǎ diǎn  Athens, capital of Greece
雅典 Yǎ diǎn  

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