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Kanji Detail for 井 - "well, source, water"
井
- Meaning
井 means "well, source, water."
Well - A water well; a well curb.
Town - An inhabited place; because people gather and live around wells.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
well; well crib; town; community
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
well, mine shaft, pit; surname; 22nd lunar mansion, determinative star μ Geminorum (Tejat); hexagram ䷯
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jing
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
well, mine shaft, pit
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Digging the ground to get water. In ancient times, set up within markets for washing convenience, hence markets are also called 市井. Also set up in villages for public drawing of water, hence villages are also called 鄉井. | An ancient land division system. The Zhou system used 900 mu as one 井. (Mencius) "A square li is one well. A well is 900 mu." Meaning a square li of land is divided into nine sections, each section 100 mu. The center is public field, the surrounding eight families each receive one section as private field. The paths between fields look like the character 井, hence called 井. | Neat and orderly appearance. Such as 秩序井然 (orderly), 井井有條 (well-organized). | A star name. One of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.
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Sentences including 井
There was no water in the well.
I had a very good time at karuizawa.
I'm going to fukui.
A well is a place where you can get water.
The water of this well is good to drink.
He fetched some water from the well.
We leave for karuizawa this afternoon.
There was little water in the well.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
私はその二日前に由井が浜まで行って、砂の上にしゃがみながら、長い間西洋人の海へ入る様子を眺めていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
掛茶屋へ帰ると、井戸の水も浴びずに、すぐ身体を拭いて着物を着て、さっさとどこへか行ってしまった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
古い麦藁帽の後ろへ、日除のために括り付けた薄汚ないハンケチをひらひらさせながら、井戸のある裏手の方へ廻って行った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
これは、その濁った、黄いろい光が、隅々に蜘蛛の巣をかけた天井裏に、揺れながら映ったので、すぐにそれと知れたのである。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo