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Kanji Detail for 亢 - "throat, proud, high, raise, exhaust"
亢
- Meaning
亢 means "throat, proud, high, raise, exhaust."
Throat - The neck; the throat.
Proud - To be haughty; to be arrogant.
High - Elevated; lofty.
Raise - To lift up; to elevate.
Exhaust - To reach the limit.
Constellation - One of the 28 lunar mansions (Amiboshi).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
high spirits
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; name; 2nd lunar mansion, determinative star κ Virginis (Kang)
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Kang; Kang, one of the 28 constellations
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
High; lofty. Such as 不亢不卑, meaning neither arrogant nor humble in social interaction. | Extreme; excessive. Such as 亢陽, 亢旱, meaning excessive dryness of the weather. | To shelter; to protect. Such as 亢宗之子, meaning a son who can revive the family business to shelter the clan. | Throat. Interchangeable with 吭. | A star name. One of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.
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