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Kanji Detail for 昊 - "sky, heaven"

  • Meaning

    昊 means "sky, heaven." Also associated with vast.

    1. Sky - The vast heavens above.

    2. Heaven - The celestial expanse.

    3. Vast - Immense and boundless.

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    • Verified meaning: sky, heaven
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, そら, たかし, ひろし)
    • Also carries these associations: vast

    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

    Given names (あつし)Listen (そら)Listen (たかし)Listen (ひろし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sky; big

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    summer time; sky; heaven

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Hao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    summertime; sky, heaven

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

    From "Erya": "Summer is called 昊天." Hence the sky is called 蒼昊.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

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