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Kanji Detail for 彈 - "bullet, bounce"
彈
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Meaning
彈 means "bullet, bounce." Also associated with play.
Bullet - A projectile; ammunition.
Play - To strum an instrument.
Bounce - To spring back.
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Tattoo check: 彈
- Verified meaning: bullet, bounce
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: play
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.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bullet; twang; flip; snap
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pellet, bullet, shot, shell
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A bow that can shoot pellets. Commonly called 彈弓. | Pellets. Simply called 丸 or 彈. Now, bullets and shells are also called 彈. | Using a bow to shoot pellets far to strike objects. Its propulsion relies on elastic force, so objects with elasticity are called 彈性. Such as 彈簧 (spring). | To flick. Such as flicking a sword is 彈劍; playing the qin is 彈琴. Also, snapping fingers is 彈指. Such as 彈冠, 彈淚, all this meaning. | To impeach. Censors denouncing faults is called 彈參.
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 弓 (yumi・yumihen)
- 弓 bow, bow-shaped
- 弔 to condole, to mourn
- 引 to pull, to quote, to lead
- 弘 wide, to spread
- 弛 to relax, to loosen, to ease
- 弟 younger brother, junior, disciple
- 弥 all the more, increasingly
- 弦 string, bowstring, chord
- 弧 bow, arc, math arc
- 弱 weak, fragile, young
- 張 to stretch, to expand
- 強 strong, powerful
- 弾 bullet
- 彌 extensive, full, fill, complete