點

Simplified: 点

diǎn ㄉㄧㄢˇ

    • point dot spot speck
    • dot stroke in Chinese characters
    • decimal point

      math.

    • point in time or space
    • o'clock

      after a number

    • to touch briefly to tap
    • to mark with a dot to check off (on a list)
    • to nod (one's head) in agreement to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
    • to order (food etc) to select
    • to mention to bring up (a topic or person)
    • to hint at to imply
    • to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops
    • to light (a fire, a lamp etc) to ignite
    • a small amount a bit (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
    • classifier for small amounts

Other words read diǎn

In the same tone

  • 典 diǎn canon
  • 碘 diǎn iodine
  • 踮 diǎn stand on tiptoe
  • ㇔ diǎn dot stroke
  • 琠 diǎn jade earrings

dian with other tones

  • 電 diàn lightning
  • 殿 diàn palace hall
  • 店 diàn inn
  • 墊 diàn pad
  • 滇 diān short name for Yunnan 云南 yúnnán
  • 顛 diān top
  • 靛 diàn indigo pigment
  • 佃 diàn rent farmland from a landlord
  • 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts
  • 掂 diān estimate
  • 巔 diān summit
  • 奠 diàn fix

All 37 words read dian in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 點

    部首 radical
    黑
    笔画 strokes
    17, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    黑占
    形旁 meaning
    黑
    声旁 sound
    占
    Practise writing 點this character

    Trace 點, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Potential verbal descriptions

    • 點(diǎn)頭(tóu)的(de)點(diǎn) diǎntóu de diǎn ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

    Words with 點

    Starting with 點

    All 107 words starting with 點

    Ending with 點

    All 229 words ending with 點

    Containing 點

    All 68 words containing 點

    Sources