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Kanji Detail for 殆 - "almost, quite, really"

殆

  • Meaning

    殆 means "almost, quite, really."

    1. Nearly - Almost; close to.

    2. Dangerous - Risky; perilous; unsafe.

    3. Precarious - Unstable; uncertain.

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    • Verified meaning: almost, quite, really
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    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

    almost; quite; really

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dangerous, perilous; endanger

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger

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

    Dangerous. As in "perilously tottering indeed" (岌岌乎殆哉). See Mencius. | Fatigued. As in "the carriage worn out and horses weary" (車殆馬煩). | An auxiliary word. The meaning of waiting for or reaching. | To fear. Mencius says: "Probably cannot be restored" (殆不可復). "Probably cannot be done" (殆於不可). Both are examples.

  • Onyomi

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    sai(サイ) サイ

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

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    aya.ui(あや-うい) あや-うい

    hotohoto(ほとほと) ほとほと

    hoton.do(ほとん-ど) ほとん-ど

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    歹 歺 (gatsu・gatsuhen・ichitahen・kabanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    dangerous precarious most nearly almost risky unstable perilous unsafe uncertain virtually practically multifaceted

Sentences including 殆

  • It is hardly worth discussing.

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