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Kanji Detail for 詳 - "detailed, well-informed"

詳

  • Meaning

    詳 means "detailed, well-informed." Also associated with to clarify.

    1. Detailed - Thorough; comprehensive.

    2. To clarify - To make clear; to know well.

    3. All - Everything; throughout.

    4. Fair - Impartial; equitable.

    5. Good - Auspicious; favorable.

    6. To pretend - To feign; to deceive.

  • Words using 詳

    • 詳しい くわしい Listen detailed; full; minute
    • 詳細 しょうさい Listen details; particulars; specifics
    • 詳報 しょうほう Listen detailed report; full report; details
    • 不詳 ふしょう Listen unknown; unidentified; unspecified

  • Tattoo check: 詳

    • Verified meaning: detailed, well-informed
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, しょう)
    • Also carries these associations: to clarify

    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.

  • Name readings of 詳

    Surnames 詳(あきら)Listen 詳(しょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    detailed; full; minute; accurate; well-informed

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    detailed, complete, thorough

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    detailed; comprehensive

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    complete, detailed, thorough

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

    Speaking of matters completely is called 詳. Such as saying 委曲詳盡 (detailed and thorough). | A type of official document in old times. A report from lower-ranking officials to higher-ranking officials is called 詳. | Same as 祥. Good. | Same as 佯. Pretending.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuwa.shii(くわ-しい) くわ-しい

    tsumabi.raka(つまび-らか) つまび-らか

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    detailed to clarify well-informed to pretend all clear deceptive fair good minute thorough comprehensive elaborate extensive full in-depth meticulous particular precise specific

Sentences including 詳

  • I can tell you the reason at full length.

  • Please show me your detailed plan.

  • The police have decided to look into the case.

  • I want to hear all your news.

  • She is at home in the subject.

  • The police began to go into the matter in no time.

  • I don't understand much about it.

  • He wanted to hear about the news.

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