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Kanji Detail for 喬 - "tall, to be proud"
喬
- Meaning
喬 means "tall, to be proud."
Tall - Towering; high, especially referring to trees and mountains.
To be proud - To be haughty; to be arrogant.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
high; boasting
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tall, lofty; proud, stately
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Qiao
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tall, lofty; proud, stately
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
High. Tall trees are called 喬木. (Book of Odes) "Coming out of the dark valley, moving to the tall tree." Meaning birds can choose where to dwell. Today's term 喬遷 (moving to a better place) originates from this. | Colloquially, fake things are also called 喬. Such as 喬妝 (disguise).
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