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Kanji Detail for 撇 - "brush, wipe, left stroke"
撇
- Meaning
撇 means "brush, wipe, left stroke."
Brush - To sweep away.
Wipe - To clean.
Left stroke - A calligraphy stroke sweeping to the left.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
discard; abandon; throw away
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
discard, abandon, throw away
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to cast away; to fling aside
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to abandon, to discard
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Like sweeping. In calligraphy, there's the 撇 stroke, a swift leftward stroke. | Meaning to sweep aside and ignore. Such as 撇開, 拋撇.
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