点

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; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items

Radical: 灬 HSK 1 qt, n, t, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

点 decomposes into the following components:

占 灬

Semantic component: 灬; phonetic component: 占.

Words containing 点

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 点.

G点
g diǎn
Gräfenberg Spot
一点
yī diǎn
a bit
丁点
dīng diǎn
tiny bit
中点
zhōng diǎn
midpoint
交点
jiāo diǎn
meeting point
亮点
liàng diǎn
highlight
优点
yōu diǎn
merit
冰点
bīng diǎn
freezing point
准点
zhǔn diǎn
几点
jǐ diǎn
what time?
分点
fēn diǎn
point of division
切点
qiē diǎn
contact (math.)

Related characters (radical 灬)

Characters that share the radical 灬.

灬 為 烈 烏 烝 热 烹 焉 焘 無 焦 然 煎 煞 煦 照 煮 熊 熏 熙 熟 熬 熱 熹

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