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Kanji Detail for 嘶 - "neigh, hoarse, choke"

  • Meaning

    嘶 means "neigh, hoarse, choke."

    1. Neigh - For a horse to whinny.

    2. Hoarse - For the voice to become raspy.

    3. Choke - To sob.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    neigh; whinny

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    neighing of a horse; gravel voiced, husky throated; (Cant.) to hiccough

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    the neighing of a hoarse, gravel-voiced, hoarse

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

    A horse neighing. The sound of a horse neighing is mournful, hence sad sounds are also called 酸嘶.
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