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Kanji Detail for 冲 - "surge, rise, empty, young, calm"
冲
- Meaning
冲 means "surge, rise, empty, young, calm."
Surge - Water bubbling and moving.
Rise - To ascend; to go up high.
Empty - Hollow; void.
Young - Immature; childish.
Calm - Peaceful; gentle.
Offing - The open sea far from shore.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
offing; open sea; rise high into sky
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
soar; pour boiling water over
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Originally written as 沖. Harmonious. Deep. | Young. A young person in position is called 冲. Such as King Cheng calling himself 冲人 (young person). See (Book of Documents). | Colloquially used interchangeably with 衝. Such as 一飛冲天 (soar to the sky). Also, in astrology, zi and wu conflict (相冲), mao and you conflict, meaning their positions are opposite.
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