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[しゅっ()·てん()]
shutten
noun

English Meaning(s) for 出典

noun
  1. source (e.g. quotation); authority

Definition and Synonyms for 出典

Reference the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
Synonyms: 出典, 参照, 関連
Authority an authoritative written work
Synonyms: つきもの, オーソリティ, 典拠, 出典, 威令, 威光, 威力, 威権, 押し, 押す, 権力, 権威, 権能, 権限, 職権, 重鎮
Source a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
Synonyms: ソース, ソース, 出典, 出所, 情報源
Source a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
Synonyms: 典拠, 出典, 文献

Meanings for each kanji in 出典

» exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude
» code; ceremony; law; rule

Categories 出典 is a member of

Substance the idea that is intended
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Book a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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Papers writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
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Publication a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 出典

Sample Sentences for 出典

Are you challenging my authority?
I must know where these quotations originate.
Surely the most curious of sources consulted is Mankind Quarterly.

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