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Kanji Detail for 佞 - "glib, flatter, talented, wicked"
佞
- Meaning
佞 means "glib, flatter, talented, wicked."
Glib - Smooth-tongued; eloquent.
Flatter - To fawn; to toady.
Talented - Having exceptional ability.
Wicked - Evil; dishonest.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
flattery; insincerity
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
flattery; glib
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to flatter; flattery
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
flattery; glib
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Talented. Such as the self-deprecating term 不佞, meaning "untalented." | Flattering speech. (Analects) "What use is flattering speech?"
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