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点
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spot

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Abstract →Miscellaneous
diǎn
テン
つ.ける、つ.く、た.てる、さ.す、とぼ.す、とも.す、ぼち
점
Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (點)
黑 black+ 占 tell fortunes =
點 spot
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
占 Phonetic component
zhàn tell fortunes
variant of 占[zhàn]
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Simplified (点)
占 tell fortunes+ 灬 fire (bottom) =
点 spot
占
占
tell fortunes
灬
灬
fire (bottom)
Notes
Similar Characters
墨 black ink黔 guizhou黛 blacken eyebrows黜 dismiss黝 black (iii)黟 black and shining黠 cunning黢 black (9ee2)黥 tattoo criminals on黧 a dark黨 political party (trad)黪 grey (simp)黯 black黴 mildew (trad)嘿 Hey!默 silent黩 dishonor (simp)黷 to dishonor (trad)乩 divine呫 lick
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
點
Regular
Modern
Chinese
点 / 點 [diǎn]
point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[gēng]; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items
Japanese
点 (rare) ちょぼ 、 チョボ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana dot; point; mark
  2. kabuki usually kana gidayū musicians
点 てん 同音

noun

  1. dot; spot; point; speck; mark
  2. mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points
  3. point (in a game); score; goal; run
  4. geometry point
  5. point; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint
  6. (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot
  7. "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)

counter

  1. counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
  2. counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (5)
どんな小さな点でも見ることができる。
I can see the tiniest spot.
合格した生徒の名前の前に点をつけて下さい。
Will you put a dot before the names of the successful students?
我々のチームが２点リードしている。
Our team is two points ahead.
博識の点で彼に及ぶものはいない。
No one can approach him in wideness of knowledge.
CHINESE WORDS (200)
有点 [yǒu​diǎn] #565
a little
重点 [chóng​diǎn] #2,129
to recount (e.g. results of election)
一点 [yī​diǎn] #203
a bit
特点 [tè​diǎn] #6,949
characteristic (feature)
观点 [guān​diǎn] #2,470
point of view
地点 [dì​diǎn] #1,559
place
差点 [chà​diǎn] #1,250
almost
点儿 [diǎn​r] #708
erhua variant of 點|点[diǎn]
试点 [shì​diǎn] #28,289
test point
点头 [diǎn​tóu] #8,754
to nod
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
点穴 [てんけつ] #215,940
pressure points (e.g. for application of moxa)
KOREAN WORDS (32)
점심 #1,950
lunch
점화 #15,283
lighting; turning on
점수 #18,750
score
점검 #19,492
inspection
약점 #26,460
weakness; shortcoming
거점
foothold; base
결점
flaw; fault; defect; weakness; shortcomings
관점
perspective; viewpoint
교차점
crossing; intersecting point
극점
end; zenith; ultimate
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