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Kanji Detail for 喬 - "tall"
喬
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Meaning
喬 means "tall." Also associated with to be proud.
Tall - Towering; high, especially referring to trees and mountains.
To be proud - To be haughty; to be arrogant.
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- Verified meaning: tall
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read きょう, きよう, きょうじ, こう)
- Also carries these associations: to be proud
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 喬
Given names 喬(こう)
喬(たかし)
Surnames 喬(きょう)
喬(きよう)
喬(きょうじ)
喬(たかい)
喬(ただし)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
high; boasting
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tall, lofty; proud, stately
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Qiao
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tall, lofty; proud, stately
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
High. Tall trees are called 喬木. (Book of Odes) "Coming out of the dark valley, moving to the tall tree." Meaning birds can choose where to dwell. Today's term 喬遷 (moving to a better place) originates from this. | Colloquially, fake things are also called 喬. Such as 喬妝 (disguise).
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
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