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古典 (こてん): classics, classic — Japanese vocabulary

古典 is read こてん and means "classics, classic". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

古典

Reading
こてん · koten
Translation
classics, classic
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
こてんが

Example

彼女は古典の教育を受けている。

かのじょはこてんのきょういくをうけている。

She is a woman with a classical education.

Kanji in this word

  • 古 — old
  • 典 — code, ceremony

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