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Kanji Detail for 倭 - "japan"

倭

  • Meaning

    倭 means "japan." Also associated with winding.

    1. Winding - Curving and continuing far.

    2. Japan - The old Chinese term for Japan and Japanese people.

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    • Verified meaning: japan
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しず, しづ, しとり, しどり)
    • Also carries these associations: winding

    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 倭

    Given names 倭(しず)Listen 倭(しづ)Listen 倭(やまと)Listen

    Surnames 倭(しとり)Listen 倭(しどり)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Yamato; ancient Japan

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dwarf; dwarfish, short

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    dwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dwarf; dwarfish, short

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

    倭遲: Circuitous and distant appearance. | Japanese people were anciently called 倭人.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    i(イ) イ

    wa(ワ) ワ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shitaga.u(したが-う) したが-う

    yamato(やまと) やまと

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    winding japan wa ancient old curving island people submissive short

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