正典

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (正典)		正	典

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tien³
    • Yale: jèng-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdean
    • Palladius: чжэндянь (čžɛndjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

正典

1. (literary) Chinese classics; Chinese canonical texts

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
正	典
せい Grade: 1	てん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

正(せい)典(てん) • (seiten) 

1. (religion) canon

   聖書正典(せいしょせいてん)

   Seisho seiten

   Biblical canon

Synonyms

• 経典(けいてん) (keiten)

Derived terms

• 正典化(せいてんか) (seitenka, “canonization”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
正	典
まさ Grade: 1	のり Grade: 4

Proper noun

正(まさ)典(のり) • (Masanori) 

1. a male given name