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Kanji Detail for 垂 - "to hang, to drop, to bestow"
垂
- Meaning
垂 means "to hang, to drop, to bestow."
Hang - To suspend; to droop.
Drop - To let fall; to lower.
Bestow - To grant; to give.
Almost - Nearly; about to.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
droop; suspend; hang; slouch
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
let down; suspend, hand; down
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Drawing something down from above to below. | Same as 陲. 邊陲 is also written as 邊垂, meaning the border. | About to reach. Such as 事在垂成, meaning about to succeed. | Terms from superior to inferior often use 垂. Such as 垂念, 關垂, both meaning the superior thinking of those below.
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