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Kanji Detail for 埴 - "clay"

埴

  • Meaning

    埴 means "clay." Also associated with loam.

    1. Clay - Sticky, fine-grained earth used for pottery.

    2. Loam - Rich, workable soil.

  • Tattoo check: 埴

    • Verified meaning: clay
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はに)
    • Also carries these associations: loam

    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.

  • Name readings of 埴

    Surnames 埴(はに)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    clay

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soil with large clay content

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    soil with large clay content

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    soil with high clay content

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

    Clay. See (Book of Documents, Tribute of Yu). | 摶埴: A potter. See (Rites of Zhou).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoku(ショク) ショク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hani(はに) はに

    hena(へな) へな

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    clay loam adhesive earth earthenware pottery ceramics soil mud firing kiln terracotta stoneware porcelain modeling sculpture sticky

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