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Kanji Detail for 俄 - "sudden"

俄

  • Meaning

    俄 means "sudden." Also associated with to tilt, gradually.

    1. Sudden - Abruptly; all at once; quickly.

    2. To tilt - To lean; to incline.

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    • Verified meaning: sudden
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read にわか)
    • Also carries these associations: to tilt, gradually

    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.

  • Name readings of 俄

    Given names 俄(にわか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sudden; abrupt; improvised

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sudden(ly), soon; Russian

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations

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

    A moment. A very short time is called 俄頃. | A country name. Abbreviation of 俄羅斯 (Russia).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ga(ガ) ガ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    niwaka(にわか) にわか

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    sudden to tilt gradually unexpectedly abruptly hasty immediate incline instantaneous lean rapid swift unanticipated without warning

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