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Kanji Detail for 壼 - "palace path, quarters, woman"
壼
- Meaning
壼 means "palace path, quarters, woman."
Palace path - A corridor in the imperial palace.
Quarters - Women's chambers in the palace.
Woman - A lady; a female.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
palace corridor or passageway
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
palace corridor or passageway
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
palace corridor; fig. women's quarters; women
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The corridor between palace pavilions is called 壼. Later also used like 閫. Hence women with proper etiquette who can serve as models are called 壼範, meaning boudoir standards. Also written as 閫範.
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