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Kanji Detail for 梟 - "owl, expose, fierce, outstanding"
梟
- Meaning
梟 means "owl, expose, fierce, outstanding."
Owl - A bird of the Strigidae family.
Expose - To display a criminal's severed head.
Fierce - Strong; bold.
Outstanding - Superior.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
owl; expose
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
an owl; thus, something evil
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
owl; valiant; trafficker
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
owl; evil; brave
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A fierce bird. Same appearance as the horned owl but without feathered ears. Hides in holes by day, emerges at night to prey on small birds and rodents. Also written as 鴞. Owls eat their mothers; po-jing (a beast) eats its father. From "Book of Han commentary." Po-jing is an animal name. Also written as 獍. Hence unfilial people are called 梟獍. | The old punishment system had 梟首, meaning decapitation and hanging the head on a pole. | Heroic, valiant. Such as 梟傑 (hero), 梟騎 (valiant rider). | 梟盧: Names of dice throws in shupu gambling. One is 梟, six is 盧. | Colloquially, salt smugglers are called 鹽梟.
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