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Kanji Detail for 怙 - "rely, father"
怙
- Meaning
怙 means "rely, father."
Rely - To depend on; to trust.
Father - A male parent.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
depend; rely on; father
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
rely on, presume on; persist in
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to rely on; father (formal)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to rely on; to presume; father (formal)
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To rely on. (Book of Odes) "Without a father, whom to rely on? Without a mother, whom to depend on?" Hence, colloquially parents are called 怙恃. Losing one's father is 失怙; losing one's mother is 失恃.
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