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Kanji Detail for 挽 - "pull, saw, mourn"
挽
- Meaning
挽 means "pull, saw, mourn."
Pull - To draw toward oneself; to haul.
Saw - To cut with a saw.
Mourn - To grieve for the deceased.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
saw; turn (lathe); grind
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pull; pull back, draw back
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to pull, to lead; to pull back, to draw a bow
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To pull. Pulling back is 挽回, 挽留. | Mourning words for the dead are 挽歌. Originally written as 輓. See "輓" for details.
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