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Kanji Detail for 冗 - "excess, redundant, joke"
冗
- Meaning
冗 means "excess, redundant, joke."
Excess - Waste; surplus; unnecessary.
Disorder - Troublesome; disorganized and drawn out.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
superfluous; uselessness
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
excessive; superfluous
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
extraneous; redundant; superfluous; busy schedule
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
excessive; superfluous
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords
Sentences including 冗
Don't pull my leg !
He could not see the joke.
Her joke fell flat.
It was just a joke.
My uncle told me the story by way of a joke.
冗談じゃない。
It's no joke.
He regarded the story as a joke.
My joke went over very well.
He tells a good joke.
I said so purely in jest.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
奥さんの父親はたしか鳥取かどこかの出であるのに、お母さんの方はまだ江戸といった時分の市ヶ谷で生れた女なので、奥さんは冗談半分そういったのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その調子は忙しいところを暇を潰させて気の毒だというよりも、せっかく来たのに泥棒がはいらなくって気の毒だという冗談のように聞こえた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha