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Kanji Detail for 吞 - "swallow, contain, overwhelm"

吞

  • Meaning

    吞 means "swallow, contain, overwhelm."

    1. Swallow - To take in completely; to gulp down.

    2. Contain - To hold back; to suppress within.

    3. Overwhelm - To dominate completely; to take over.

    4. Engulf - To swallow up; to absorb entirely.

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    • Verified meaning: swallow, contain, overwhelm
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    swallow; absorb; annex; engulf

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    swallow; absorb, annex, engulf

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to swallow; to take

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow

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

    To swallow. Swallowing without chewing is called 吞. | To destroy. Such as destroying a country and taking its land is called 并吞.

  • Onyomi

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    don(ドン) ドン

    ten(テン) テン

    ton(トン) トン

  • Kunyomi

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    no.mu(の-む) の-む

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    swallow contain overwhelm destroy annihilate endure bear engulf hide conceal merge unify take lightly dismiss gulp ingest absorb assimilate consume devour digest dominate down eat engorge hold suppress

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