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
一点
yī diǎn
丁点
dīng diǎn
中点
zhōng diǎn
交点
jiāo diǎn
亮点
liàng diǎn
优点
yōu diǎn
冰点
bīng diǎn
准点
zhǔn diǎn
几点
jǐ diǎn
分点
fēn diǎn
切点
qiē diǎn

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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