Memory phrase for the Kanji: 典


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Meaning

law code, ritual, precedent

Pronunciation

TEN
nori

Explanation

Top: variant of writing tablets , bottom: table

Mnemonic

The writing tablets on the table are a law code/canon (for the ceremony).

Radicals

bamboo tablets
table
eight
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Vocabulary

 辞典  じてん  dictionary
 典  のり  rule, law
 典型  てんけい  type, pattern, archetypal
 典型的  てんけいてき  prototypical, model
 原典  げんてん  original (text)
 古典  こてん  old book, classics, classic

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