大典

たいてん

Meanings

1. Noun grand ceremony; state ceremony
2. important law; legal canon

Kanji

• 大 big. Read as タイ.
• 典 canon. Read as テン.

Words containing 大典

• 永楽大典 (えいらくたいてん) Yongle Encyclopedia (Ming dynasty)
• 不磨の大典 (ふまのたいてん) immutable law (esp. the Meiji constitution)

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