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Kanji Detail for 桓 - "post, valiant, soapberry"
桓
- Meaning
桓 means "post, valiant, soapberry."
Post - A marker tree at a relay station.
Valiant - Brave; fierce (used in compound 桓桓).
Soapberry - A deciduous tree of the Sapindaceae family.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
marking post
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
variety of tree; surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Huan
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
variety of tree; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Anciently, wooden posts erected at postal stations as markers. Some had four posts, some two, some one post with four projections at the top. All called 桓. Han dynasty law specified four-cornered posts at pavilions, with large wooden pillars connected by square boards, called 桓表. In the old days, two were placed on either side of county offices. Also written as 華表. Ancient tombs also used them. | 桓桓: Martial appearance. | 盤桓: Appearance of reluctance to proceed.
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