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Kanji Detail for 寄 - "approach, rely, send"

  • Meaning

    寄 means "approach, rely, send."

    1. Approach - To come near; to draw close.

    2. Rely - To depend on; to lean on for support.

    3. Stay - To lodge temporarily; to sojourn.

    4. Send - To dispatch; to deliver.

    5. Gather - To come together; to collect.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    draw near; stop in; bring near; gather; collect; send; forward

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    send, transmit, mail; rely on

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on

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

    To entrust. (Analects) "Can be entrusted with the destiny of a hundred li." Hence bearing frontier responsibilities is called 疆寄. | Sending things through someone from here to there. Such as 寄信. | To lodge. Such as 寄居, 寄廬. Meaning a sojourner's dwelling.
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