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Kanji Detail for 播 - "sow, broadcast, spread"

播

  • Meaning

    播 means "sow, broadcast, spread."

    1. Sow - To scatter seeds for planting.

    2. Spread - To disseminate widely.

    3. Broadcast - To distribute broadly.

  • Tattoo check: 播

    • Verified meaning: sow, broadcast, spread
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うすた, うすだ, すすきた, すすきだ)

    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 播

    Surnames 播(うすた)Listen 播(うすだ)Listen 播(すすきた)Listen 播(すすきだ)Listen 播(はり)Listen 播(ばん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    plant; sow

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sow, spread; broadcast; cast away, reject

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To spread. Such as 播種. To proclaim. Such as 播告. | To flee. Such as 播蕩, 播遷. | To abandon. Such as 播棄. | To shake. (Analects) "Shaking the small drums."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ban(バン) バン

    ha(ハ) ハ

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ma.ku(ま-く) ま-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    sow spread broadcast cultivate disperse disseminate distribute expand extend propagate scatter seed widely

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