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典 means 'ceremony'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 898   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-7    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 18 words   Used in 124 words   Used in 694 names   Component in 12 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   テン
Additional readings
On    デン
Name    すけ   つね   の   のり
Components
⿱  曲 melody; curve  ハ (八) katakana 'ha'; eight  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 典 is used 7 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 典 is used 123 times, read 1 way (with 2 variations).
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こ う で ん 0
Most common form: こうでん
noun
gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; incense money
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noun
rule; law
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An additional 1 less common words include 典 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 579 (originally: 552)  Joy o' Kanji : 552  Key to Kanji: 776 

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典
テン    ceremony, law code   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
曲
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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