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Kanji Detail for 哨 - "sentinel"

哨

  • Meaning

    哨 means "sentinel." Also associated with whistle, lookout.

    1. Lookout - A watchman; a guard on duty.

    2. Sentinel - One who keeps watch; a sentry.

    3. Whistle - To make a sound by pursing the lips.

  • Words using 哨

    • 前哨戦 ぜんしょうせん Listen (preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter

  • Tattoo check: 哨

    • Verified meaning: sentinel
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: whistle, lookout

    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

    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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mihari(みはり) みはり

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    lookout sentinel whistle surveillance trill scout guard sentry patrol watch monitor observe outpost reconnaissance signal pucker

Sentences including 哨

  • The sentry demanded the password from everyone.

  • The actions of Coen, directly commanding the cruise at the time of the accident, are of utmost significance.

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