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Kanji Detail for 楨 - "glossy privet, pillar"
楨
- Meaning
楨 means "glossy privet, pillar."
Glossy privet - An evergreen tree of the Oleaceae family.
Pillar - A post erected at either end of a wall.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
hardwood; supports; posts
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
hardwood; supports, posts
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
hardwood; posts, supports
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
楨榦: Wooden posts erected when building a wall. Those at the ends of the wall are called 楨. | Meaning foundation. Such as calling important ministers 國之楨榦 (pillars of the nation).
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