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Kanji Detail for 犀 - "rhinoceros"
犀
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Meaning
犀 means "rhinoceros." Also associated with firm.
Rhinoceros - An animal; mammals of the rhinoceros family.
Firm - Hard; sharp.
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Four-character idioms with 犀
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燃犀之明
ねんさいのめい
extraordinary perceptiveness; sharp insight
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燃犀之明
ねんさいのめい
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Tattoo check: 犀
- Verified meaning: rhinoceros
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read さい)
- Also carries these associations: firm
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 犀
Surnames 犀(さい)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
rhinoceros
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
rhinoceros; sharp, well-tempered
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
rhinoceros; sharp
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
rhinoceros; sharp, tempered
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A beast name. Slightly smaller than an elephant. Horn grows on the nose. Those from India have only one horn. Those from Africa have two horns, arranged front and back. The horn is hard and dense, can be made into objects. In China it is also used medicinally. Its skin is extremely thick and wrinkled. Ancients often used it to make armor. | 犀利 (sharp). Like saying "hard and sharp." Referring to weapons.
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Kunyomi
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Sentences including 犀
She planted fragrant olives in the garden.
風に乗ってどこからともなく金木犀の香りがした。秋を感じた瞬間だった。
You could smell the fragrant olives as they rode the wind aimlessly. In that moment it felt like autumn.