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Kanji Detail for 鞭 - "whip, lash, encourage"

鞭

  • Meaning

    鞭 means "whip, lash, encourage."

    1. Whip - A tool for striking.

    2. Lash - To strike with a whip.

    3. Encourage - To urge on; to spur.

  • Tattoo check: 鞭

    • Verified meaning: whip, lash, encourage
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read むち)

    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 鞭

    Surnames 鞭(むち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    whip; rod; counter for whippings

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    whip; whip; string of firecrackers

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    whip; to lash, to flog

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

    An ancient instrument of punishment. Used for flogging people. "The whip is used as official punishment." Found in the "Book of Yu." | A horsewhip. The Analects says: "Even holding the whip as a minor officer." | A military weapon. As in 鐵鞭 (iron whip), 竹節鞭 (bamboo-jointed whip).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ben(ベン) ベン

    hen(ヘン) ヘン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    muchi(むち) むち

    muchiu.tsu(むちう-つ) むちう-つ

  • Strokes

    tip

    18 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    革 (kawahen・kakunokawa・tsukurigawa)

  • Related Keywords

    whip lash encourage beat crop discipline equestrian flog horse leather punish riding spur strike tool training urge weapon

Sentences including 鞭

  • They made a whip out of cords.

  • Spare the rod and spoil the child.

  • In Singapore, one way to punish criminals is to whip them.

  • Jim wants whipping for insulting me.

  • Thanks to his recommendation, I was able to get a teaching job at a college in Tokyo.

  • In Singapore, one method of punishing criminals is to whip them, or hit them several times on the back with a cane.

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