点 · diǎn
dot, speck, spot; point, degree
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
dot, speck, spot; point, degree
- Mandarin
- diǎn
- Cantonese
- dim2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 点 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 점
- KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+70B9
- Radical
- 火 · 86
- Strokes
- 9 · Unihan
- Residual
- 5
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
9 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 点
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Sentence context · 1 matches
我一点都不怕你。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #393879 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #393877 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: CK
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- diǎn
- kCantonese
- dim2
- kDefinition
- dot, speck, spot; point, degree
- kTotalStrokes
- 9
- kRSUnicode
- 86.5
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+70B9 U+9EDE
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+70B9
- kTGH
- 2013:1469
Readings across dictionaries
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- diǎn 0240.070
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- diǎn 073.180
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- diǎn(3816)