Kanji Detail for 亙 - "to span, to cross"

亙

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

亙 means "to span, to cross."
1. To cross - To traverse.
2. To span - To extend from end to end; to continue.
Tattoo check: 亙
- Verified meaning: to span, to cross
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read ひろし, わたる)
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Name readings of 亙

Given names 亙(ひろし) 亙(わたる)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

range; reach; extend; cover

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

through; to extend across; to, from

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

Throughout; spanning. Meaning something extends from this end all the way to that end.
Onyomi

kan(カン)

koh(コウ)
Kunyomi

moto.meru(もと-める)

wata.ru(わた-る)
Strokes

6 strokes
Radical

二 (ni)
Related Keywords

to cross to span extend reach across bridge traverse stretch connect encompass continue persist spread