Ideographic: Two hands 八 holding a book 冊Radical:

meaning for diǎn:

  • - canon
  • - law
  • - standard work of scholarship
  • - literary quotation or allusion
  • - ceremony
  • - to be in charge of
  • - to mortgage or pawnmodel
  • - typical case
  • - archetype
  • - typical
  • - representativethe classics
  • - scriptures
  • - classical
  • - classic (example, case etc)
  • - typicalatypical pneumonia
  • - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • - SARSclassicalcelebration
  • - ceremony