diǎn

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

Character data

Radical ⿊ (203.5)
Strokes 17
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

點 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

Words containing 點

Word Meaning
a meeting point; confluence
nitwit; half-witted
semiconductor superlattice
the least bit
ground zero
origin (math.); origin of coordinates
(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
national key academic discipline in China
national key laboratory in China
dot
ground zero
place; location; site
basis point (finance), abbr. to jī diǎn
main point; crux; central point
the summer solstice