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Kanji Detail for 哨 - "lookout, sentinel, guard"
哨
- Meaning
哨 means "lookout, sentinel, guard."
Lookout - A watchman; a guard on duty.
Sentinel - One who keeps watch; a sentry.
Whistle - To make a sound by pursing the lips.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
scout; sentinel
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
whistle, blow whistle; chirp
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a whistle; sentry
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to whistle; to chirp
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Mouth not straight. Such as 枉矢哨壼. | 哨子: A whistle. Such as what police use today. | Under the Qing dynasty militia system, five hundred men was one battalion. One battalion was divided into five 哨. Three hundred men was one banner. One banner was divided into three 哨. Each 哨 had one hundred men, led by a 哨官. | Military patrols are called 巡哨. Also called 放哨. Guard posts against bandits are also called 哨.
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