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Kanji Detail for 獅 - "lion"
獅
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Meaning
獅 means "lion." Also associated with shishi.
Lion - The king of beasts.
Fierce - Powerful and majestic.
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Four-character idioms with 獅
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獅子奮迅
ししふんじん
furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
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獅子身中
しししんちゅう
treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
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獅子奮迅
ししふんじん
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Tattoo check: 獅
- Verified meaning: lion
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: shishi
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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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
lion
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
lion
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) lion
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
lion
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
獅子 (lion). A fierce beast name. Mostly found in Africa and Brazil in South America. Body length up to seven or eight feet. Head is round and large. Tail is thin and long. Fur is yellowish-brown. Males have a mane. Females are entirely similar to tigers. Its roar can be heard for several miles. All beasts hearing it are terrified and submit. Hence called the king of beasts. Anciently also written as 師.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 獅
Lions feed on flesh.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
A lion is just a big housecat, after all.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Our latest results are the fruit of his furious efforts.
黄道十二星座は次の通りです：牡羊座・牡牛座・双子座・蟹座・獅子座・乙女座・天秤座・蠍座・射手座・山羊座・水瓶座・魚座。
The twelve signs of the Zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
More kanji with the radical 犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)
- 犬 dog, spy
- 犯 to violate, crime, to commit
- 状 form, state
- 狂 crazy
- 狀 form, state
- 狙 to aim
- 狩 to hunt
- 独 alone, independent
- 狭 narrow
- 狹 narrow
- 狼 wolf
- 猛 fierce, wild, intense
- 猟 to hunt
- 猪 wild boar, pig
- 猫 cat, feline
- 猶 still, like
- 猪 wild boar, pig
- 献 to offer, to dedicate
- 猿 monkey, ape
- 獄 prison, hell
- 獣 beast
- 獲 acquisition, to catch, prey
- 獸 beast, animal