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Kanji Detail for 匡 - "to rectify"

匡

  • Meaning

    匡 means "to rectify." Also associated with to aid, to rescue.

    1. To save - To help; to assist.

    2. To correct - To reform what is wrong; to rectify.

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    • Verified meaning: to rectify
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きょう, きよう, くわん, たくみ)
    • Also carries these associations: to aid, to rescue

    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 匡

    Given names 匡(きょう)Listen 匡(たくみ)Listen 匡(たすく)Listen 匡(ただし)Listen 匡(ただす)Listen 匡(まさ)Listen 匡(まさし)Listen

    Surnames 匡(きよう)Listen 匡(くわん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    correct; save; assist

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    correct, restore, revise

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Kuang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to correct, to revise; to restore

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

    To correct. Such as 匡救, meaning to save and correct mistakes. | To assist. Such as 匡襄, meaning to assist.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

    oh(オウ) オウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    suku.u(すく-う) すく-う

    tada.su(ただ-す) ただ-す

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    匚 (hakogamae)

  • Related Keywords

    to aid to rectify to rescue assist save correct straighten adjust amend fix help improve reform remedy regulate

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