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Kanji Detail for 在 - "exist, reside, present"

  • Meaning

    在 means "exist, reside, present."

    1. Exist - To be present; to have being.

    2. Reside - To live in a place; to dwell.

    3. Rural - The countryside; provincial areas.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    exist; outskirts; suburbs; located in

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    be at, in, on; consist in, rest

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To dwell. Such as describing a position as 在上在下 (above or below). (Book of Changes) "In a lowly position without worry." | To exist. (Analects) "While parents are alive, do not travel far." | A particle. Specifically pointing to a place is 在. (Great Learning) "Rests in the highest good."
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