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Kanji Detail for 案 - "plan, idea, proposal"

  • Meaning

    案 means "plan, idea, proposal."

    1. Plan - A proposal; a scheme.

    2. Idea - A thought; a concept.

    3. Desk - A table for writing.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    plan; suggestion; draft; ponder; fear; proposition; idea; expectation; worry; table; bench

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    table, bench; legal case

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (legal) case; incident; record; file; table

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    file, legal case; bench, table

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

    A type of table. For placing things on. Now tables generally are called 案. | A food tray. The ancient character for this. 舉案齊眉 (raising the tray to eyebrow level) is a story about Liang Hong's wife in Later Han. From "Book of Later Han." | To examine. Authors expressing their opinions also call it 案. | Government decisions and legal judgments are all called 案. Such as 公案 (case), 案卷 (case files). | To press with the hand. Such as pressing on a sword is called 案劍. | Order, sequence. Such as 案堵如故 (everything in its place as before). From "Records of the Grand Historian."
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Sentences including

  • I'm against the bill.

  • He was kind enough to show me the way.

  • Your paper contains too many mistakes.

  • My boss turned down his proposal.

  • I collected this proposal.

  • Are you for or against my plan?

  • I suggested that we should start at once.

  • He took the trouble to show me the way to the station.

  • Unfortunately it will be impossible for us to accept your proposal.

  • I suggested going for a walk.

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