diǎn

o'clock; to order (food in a restaurant); point

HSK 1 #128

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 128th character
Radical ⽕ (86.5)
Strokes 9
Index # 1469
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

点 diǎn
  1. 1. o'clock
  2. 2. to order (food in a restaurant)
  3. 3. point
  4. 4. dot
  5. 5. point (in space or time)
  6. 6. to choose
  7. 7. to light
  8. 8. to ignite
  9. 9. to touch briefly
  10. 10. to hint
  11. 11. drop
  12. 12. speck
  13. 13. to pour a liquid drop by drop
  14. 14. to check on a list
  15. 15. to draw a dot
  16. 16. dot stroke in Chinese characters
  17. 17. (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch gēng
  18. 18. classifier for items

Stroke order

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Words containing 点

Word Meaning
(statistics) moment
period (punctuation); finish; (fig.) endpoint
only the official is allowed to light the fire
worthy of praise; remarkable (performance, achievement etc)
to put sb on an intravenous drip (Tw)
blind spot; dead spot
(bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
to order à la carte
fixed point; calibration point
annotations made in a book; fig. remarks and comments
to mark a text with dots and circles; to punctuate
China state-approved key university subject
state key laboratory; top national lab
ground zero
the summer solstice
trivial matter; Big deal!
multi-touch (computing)
to decorate
starting point; initial point
a specialized enterprise
factory designated by the state to make a particular product
small child; very small; tiny
speckle
boring part where you can go pee