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Kanji Detail for 厝 - "whetstone, place"
厝
- Meaning
厝 means "whetstone, place."
Whetstone - A sharpening stone.
Place - To put; to set.
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The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
cut; engrave; gravest
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cut or engrave; a grave or tombstone
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to lay in place; to put; to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to bury; grave, tombstone; to cut, to engrave
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To place. Such as 積薪厝火, a metaphor for being in a dangerous situation. See (Book of Han). | Temporarily placing a coffin is called 厝, waiting for the burial date before interment.
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