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Kanji Detail for 昏 - "dusk, twilight, dim"
昏
- Meaning
昏 means "dusk, twilight, dim."
Dusk - Twilight; evening.
Dark - Dim after sunset.
Ignorant - Not understanding; foolish.
To be dizzy - To feel faint; to be disoriented.
To marry - Same as the marriage character.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dark; evening; dusk
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Sunset. Sunset is called 昏. Such as 黃昏 (dusk), 昏夜 (evening). | Dim, foolish. Not understanding reason is called 昏憒糊塗 (confused and muddled). | The marriage ceremony is called 昏禮. Because dusk was the appointed time, hence the name. Now written separately as 婚. Also, the wife's father is called 昏, and the husband's father is called 姻. From "Zuo Zhuan commentary." Hence the two families address each other as 婚姻 (in-laws).
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