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Kanji Detail for 碑 - "monument, stele, memorial"
碑
- Meaning
碑 means "monument, stele, memorial."
Monument - A stone pillar with inscriptions; a memorial stone.
Stele - An upright stone slab bearing inscriptions.
Memorial - A structure preserving memory of events or people.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
tombstone; monument
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
stone tablet; gravestone
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
stone tablet; gravestone
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An upright stone. Anciently placed in ancestral temples for tying sacrificial animals. Later people inscribed achievements and virtues on them. Hence all stones with inscriptions are called 碑.
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