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Kanji Detail for 廉 - "integrity, cheap, honest"
廉
- Meaning
廉 means "integrity, cheap, honest."
Integrity - Moral uprightness; honesty.
Cheap - Low in price; inexpensive.
Corner - An edge or angle.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bargain; reason; charge; suspicion; point; account; purity; honest; low price; cheap; rested; contented; peaceful
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
upright, honorable, honest
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
old variant of 廉[lian2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
upright, honorable, honest
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The side corner. The space between platform steps is called 堂廉. Such as 堂高廉遠, meaning the loftiness of the imperial court. | An edge. The raised sides of objects are called 廉. Also, in mathematics, terms below the second quotient in extracting roots on both sides of the root are also called 廉. | Having discernment and not taking improperly is 廉. Such as 清廉, 廉介. | To investigate. The old official system had 廉訪使, meaning those investigating officials' governance. Hence provincial judges were called 廉訪. | Official salary has 俸 and 廉. 俸 means regular salary; 廉 means the anti-corruption allowance.
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