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Kanji Detail for 斐 - "beautiful pattern, elegant"
斐
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Meaning
斐 means "beautiful pattern, elegant."
Beautiful pattern - Elegant, refined design.
Elegant - Gracefully refined; tastefully artistic.
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- Verified meaning: beautiful pattern, elegant
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, あや, あやる, ひ)
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.
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Name readings of 斐
Given names 斐(あきら)
斐(あや)
斐(あやる)
Surnames 斐(ひ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
beautiful; patterned
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
graceful, elegant, beautiful
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
graceful, elegant, beautiful
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Patterned appearance. (Analects) "Elegantly forming compositions."
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Sentences including 斐
You make life worth living.
That was well worth the trouble.
I have nothing to live for.