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Kanji Detail for 媒 - "matchmaker, medium, agent"

媒

  • Meaning

    媒 means "matchmaker, medium, agent."

    1. Medium - An intermediary; a means of transmission.

    2. Matchmaker - One who arranges marriages or connections.

    3. Agent - Something that brings about a result.

  • Words using 媒

    • 媒体 ばいたい Listen medium; media
    • 触媒 しょくばい Listen catalyst

  • Tattoo check: 媒

    • Verified meaning: matchmaker, medium, agent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mediator; go-between

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    go-between, matchmaker; medium

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between; abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    go-between, matchmaker; medium

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

    Arranging two families to marry. | Things that bring about results are also called 媒. Such as 媒介物 (medium). | Brewing up an affair is called 媒孽.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bai(バイ) バイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nakoudo(なこうど) なこうど

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    medium matchmaker agent go-between intermediary mediator arbitrator broker bridge connection facilitation liaison link matchmaking means mediation messenger middleman negotiation introduction

Sentences including 媒

  • The air is a medium for sound.

  • Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.

  • Rats carry the plague.

  • Malaria is a disease that mosquitoes carry.

  • Language in particular is the most fluid of mediums.

  • Impure drinking water can be a carrier of diseases.

  • Television is a very important medium through which to provide information.

  • As a beginning I would like to examine the catalyzer used in this experiment.

  • It would be difficult to improve the device without an effective catalyst.

  • More and more people are rushing to make use of the interactive nature of the medium.

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