Moto 典: Code; Ceremony; LawKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- テン、デン
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 159 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (テン・デン)
- 式典しきてんceremony; rites
- 古典こてんclassic (work, esp. book); the classics
- 典型てんけいtype; pattern
- 辞典じてんdictionary; lexicon
- 祭典さいてんfestival
- 事典じてんencyclopedia; cyclopedia
- 典型的てんけいてきtypical; representative
- 特典とくてんprivilege; special favor
- 百科事典ひゃっかじてんencyclopedia; encyclopaedia
- 古典的こてんてきclassical; classic
- 国語辞典こくごじてんJapanese-language dictionary
- 仏典ぶってんBuddhist scriptures; sutras
- 儀典ぎてんceremony; rite
- 典礼てんれいceremony; etiquette
- 出典しゅってんsource (e.g. quotation); authority
- 原典げんてんoriginal (text)
- 大典たいてんgrand ceremony; state ceremony
- 恩典おんてんfavour; favor
- 文典ぶんてんgrammar
- 漢和辞典かんわじてんdictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
- 百科辞典ひゃっかじてんencyclopedia; encyclopaedia
- 祝典しゅくてんcelebration
- 経典きょうてんsacred books; sutras
- 聖典せいてんsacred scripture; sacred book
- 香典こうでんgift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering
- 香典返しこうでんがえしpresent given in return for funeral offering
- カタカナ語辞典カタカナごじてんkatakana dictionary; loanword dictionary
- ナポレオン法典ナポレオンほうてんNapoleonic code
- ミサ典書ミサてんしょmissal; mass book
- ユスティニアヌス法典ユスティニアヌスほうてんJustinian Code; Corpus Juris Civilis
- 不磨の大典ふまのたいてんimmutable law (usu. the Meiji constitution); indestructible canon
- 中日辞典ちゅうにちじてんChinese-Japanese dictionary
- 中辞典ちゅうじてんmedium-sized dictionary
- 人名事典じんめいじてんbiographical dictionary
- 人名辞典じんめいじてんbiographical dictionary
- 仏和辞典ふつわじてんFrench-Japanese dictionary
- 偽典ぎてんpseudepigrapha
- 儀典長ぎてんちょうchief of protocol
- 典てんceremony; celebration
- 典侍てんじmaid of honor; maid of honour
- 典具帖てんぐじょうtengujo (thin washi); tengucho
- 典則てんそくregulations
- 典型例てんけいれいclassic example; classic case
- 典座てんざone of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)
- 典憲てんけんrule; law
- 典拠てんきょ(an) authority; (a) source
- 典拠コントロールてんきょコントロールauthority control (e.g. in library cataloging)
- 典拠管理てんきょかんりauthority control (e.g. in library cataloging)
- 典故てんこauthentic precedent
- 典物てんぶつpawned article
- 典獄てんごくprison warden
- 典籍てんせきbooks; writings
- 典薬てんやくcourt physician
- 典雅てんがrefined; elegant
- 典麗てんれいgraceful
- 内典ないてんsutras; Buddhist literature
Other readings
- 瑞典スウェーデンSweden
- ことば典じてんdictionary; lexicon
- 主典さかんsecretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system)
- 典範てんぱんmodel; standard
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