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Kanji Detail for 偲 - "to remember fondly"

偲

  • Meaning

    偲 means "to remember fondly." Also associated with intelligent, mutual encouragement.

    1. Intelligent - Smart; talented.

    2. Mutual encouragement - Thinking of and encouraging each other.

    3. To remember fondly - To reminisce; to long for.

  • Words using 偲

    • 偲ぶ しのぶ Listen to recollect; to remember; to reminisce

  • Tattoo check: 偲

    • Verified meaning: to remember fondly
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しのぶ, つぎた)
    • Also carries these associations: intelligent, mutual encouragement

    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 偲

    Given names 偲(しのぶ)Listen

    Surnames 偲(つぎた)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    recollect; remember

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    talented; urgent

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) learned; erudite; (literary) gifted; highly talented; Taiwan pr. [sai1]

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

    偲偲: Mutually admonishing. (Analects) "Friends earnestly admonishing each other."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shinobu(しの-ぶ) しの-ぶ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    intelligent mutual encouragement to remember fondly admiration nostalgia reminisce cherish commemorate recollect bright clever wise honor

Sentences including 偲

  • The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.

  • When you die, what would you like people to remember you as?

  • Mass is a Catholic ceremony of remembering Jesus Christ by eating and drinking.

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