Do not use the method of learning Western languages to learn Chinese character, because the character of Western languages are Phonography. Chinese character is Ideographic, combined by the basic strokes, like horizontal line, vertical line, left-falling, right-falling and so on.
Each Chinese Character a Picture,in this article we introduce the character 典, means law.
In the flash below you will know this character how to write, the correct order of strokes, the radical, phrases and you can hear the standard pronunciation.If you have trouble to use this flash,please read our article About Characters Flash before you study.
Instructions
连续 means consequent strokes
下一步 means next strok
重复 means previous stroke
Instructions
笔顺 means order of strokes
笔画 means strokes number
部首 means Radical
词组 means phrases
This character seems like something on a table with two legs. in ancient China, book desk is a two legs desk, seems like the lower portion of this character. so on the desk, there are some books. the original meaning of this character was "important/model books", as nowadays we still say 经典 jīng diǎn( means classics ) or 字典 zì diǎn( means dictionary ). From the meaning "classics", it has also been extended to mean "law" or "system".
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