The Chinese characters 点 meaning is point; spot; dot.

The phonetic component: 占 means to divine, to ask about or interpret orally the cracks of a heated tortoise shell - to point out the unknown. Adding the radical component: 黑 (black) emphasizes the point with black. Hence: 點, a black point, a spot or dot. The simplified character comes even more to the point: 点 by setting divination (占) on fire (four dots).

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