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Kanji Detail for 這 - "to crawl"

這

  • Meaning

    這 means "to crawl." Also associated with this.

    1. To crawl - To creep; to move on belly.

    2. This - Demonstrative pronoun.

  • Tattoo check: 這

    • Verified meaning: to crawl
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: this

    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

    crawl; creep; grovel; trail (vines)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    this, the, here

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    this, these; such; here

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gen(ゲン) ゲン

    sha(シャ) シャ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hai(はい) はい

    hau(は-う) は-う

    kono(こ-の) こ-の

    muka.eru(むか-える) むか-える

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    crawl this creep grovel slither inch wriggle squirm move sneak slide

Sentences including 這

  • Their baby has just started to crawl.

  • The baby crept into the room.

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