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Kanji Detail for 宛 - "address, just like"

宛

  • Meaning

    宛 means "address, just like." Also associated with assign.

    1. Address - The destination of a letter.

    2. Just like - As if; resembling.

    3. Assign - To allocate; to designate.

  • Words using 宛

    • 宛先 あてさき Listen address; destination
    • 宛名 あてな Listen name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee

  • Tattoo check: 宛

    • Verified meaning: address, just like
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あこ, あみ, あんご)
    • Also carries these associations: assign

    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 宛

    Surnames 宛(あこ)Listen 宛(あみ)Listen 宛(あんご)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    address; just like; fortunately

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    seem, as if, crooked

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Wan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to seem; as if; crooked

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

    宛然: Like "just as." Meaning following its twists and turns, turning along with it, resembling it. | 大宛: A Han-era Western Regions state name.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.teru(あ-てる) あ-てる

    ataka.mo(あたか-も) あたか-も

    ate(あて) あて

    dutsu(でゅつ) でゅつ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    address just like assign each allotment bend allocate designate destination directed envelope forwarding letter mail recipient resembling sent

Sentences including 宛

  • This letter is addressed to you.

  • Is there any mail for me?

  • Here is a letter for you.

  • This letter is addressed to you.

  • This letter is addressed to you.

  • Could you send it to this address?

  • She addressed the letter to john.

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