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Kanji Detail for 撰 - "to compose, to pick, to select"
撰
- Meaning
撰 means "to compose, to pick, to select."
To compose - To write poetry; to create literature.
To select - To choose and gather; to compile; to edit.
To pick - To select the best.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
composing; editing; compiling; selecting
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
compose, write, compile
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to compose; to compile
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to compose, to write
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To prepare. Like matters. (Analects) "Different from my preparations." | Composing words to record matters is 撰. Such as 撰述, 撰著. | To hold. | Same as 選. To choose. 白選, an ancient shell currency name, is also written as 白撰.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
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