diǎn

common
verb

Meaning of

典 means to pawn; to mortgage property. Pronounced diǎn.

  • to pawn; to mortgage property

Character Info

Radical
Strokes9
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

quē
qián
shí
huì
dǒng
diǎn
gěi
dāng
 

When he needs money, he pawns antiques at a pawn shop.

Hěn
duō
jiā
tíng
huì
diǎn
fáng
lái
jiě
jué
jīn
zhōu
zhuǎn
wèn
 

Many families mortgage their houses to solve capital turnover problems.

Zhè
jiā
dāng
diǎn
shōu
lèi
guì
zhòng
pǐn
 

This pawn shop accepts all kinds of valuable items as collateral.

dào
méi
néng
shú
huí
diǎn
chū
de
shǒu
biǎo
 

He failed to redeem the pawned watch by the due date.

dài
shāng
rén
cháng
yòng
diǎn
de
fāng
shì
chóu
jīn
 

Ancient merchants often used land mortgage to raise funds.