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Kanji Detail for 巽 - "southeast"

巽

  • Meaning

    巽 means "southeast." Also associated with humble, yield.

    1. Southeast - The southeastern direction.

    2. Humble - Respectful; modest; deferential.

    3. Yield - To give way; to defer to others.

  • Tattoo check: 巽

    • Verified meaning: southeast
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すぶる, せん, たくみ, たつみ)
    • Also carries these associations: humble, yield

    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 巽

    Given names 巽(たつみ)Listen 巽(ゆずる)Listen

    Surnames 巽(すぶる)Listen 巽(せん)Listen 巽(たくみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    southeast

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    south-east; mild, modest, obedient; trigram ☴; hexagram ䷸

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind; ☴; ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th of the 8 trigrams

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

    One of the eight trigrams. Humble and yielding.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    son(ソン) ソン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tatsumi(たつみ) たつみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    己 巳 已 (onore)

  • Related Keywords

    southeast humble yield selfless respectful modest defer wind flexibility adaptability harmony gentle

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