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Kanji Detail for 挽 - "saw"

挽

  • Meaning

    挽 means "saw." Also associated with pull, mourn.

    1. Pull - To draw toward oneself; to haul.

    2. Saw - To cut with a saw.

    3. Mourn - To grieve for the deceased.

  • Four-character idioms with 挽

    • 名誉挽回 めいよばんかい Listen restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

  • Tattoo check: 挽

    • Verified meaning: saw
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ばん, ひき)
    • Also carries these associations: pull, mourn

    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 挽

    Surnames 挽(ばん)Listen 挽(ひき)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ban(バン) バン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hi.ku(ひ-く) ひ-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    pull saw mourn grind mince pulverize attract carve chop crush cut drag draw extract grieve haul mill pound

Sentences including 挽

  • I grind my own coffee beans every morning.

  • We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.

  • Mame uses a coffee mill to grind coffee beans.

  • His grades had dropped and he felt anxious, but he put in continuous effort and turned things around.

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