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Kanji Detail for 亘 - "to span, to cross"
亘
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Meaning
亘 means "to span, to cross." Also associated with to circulate.
To circulate - To go around; to revolve.
To cross - To traverse; to span.
To span - To extend continuously from end to end.
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Tattoo check: 亘
- Verified meaning: to span, to cross
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read あたな, こう, こうじ, こうしょう)
- Also carries these associations: to circulate
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.
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Name readings of 亘
Given names 亘(こう)
亘(せん)
亘(たかし)
亘(ひろし)
亘(もとむ)
Surnames 亘(あたな)
亘(こうじ)
亘(こうしょう)
亘(こうそう)
亘(とおる)
亘(はすもと)
亘(ひろすえ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
span; range; extend over
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
extend across, through; from
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
extending all the way across; running all the way through
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to extend across, through; from
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To spread out. Characters like 宣 and 桓 are derived from it. Colloquially also borrowed as the character 亙.
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