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Kanji Detail for 曳 - "to pull"
曳
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Meaning
曳 means "to pull." Also associated with to drag.
Pull - To drag; to tow.
Draw - To haul; to lead along.
Trail - To drag behind.
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Tattoo check: 曳
- Verified meaning: to pull
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: to drag
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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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
trail, tow, drag, pull
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to tow, to pull, to drag
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To pull, drag. To draw along.
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