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Kanji Detail for 欽 - "to be reverent"

欽

  • Meaning

    欽 means "to be reverent." Also associated with imperial, cautious.

    1. To be reverent - To respect; to be cautious; to be awed.

    2. Imperial - A prefix for matters relating to the emperor.

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    • Verified meaning: to be reverent
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きん, きんじ, こん, ひとし)
    • Also carries these associations: imperial, cautious

    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.

  • Name readings of 欽

    Given names 欽(きん)Listen 欽(こん)Listen 欽(ひとし)Listen

    Surnames 欽(きんじ)Listen 欽(まこと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    respect; revere; long for

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    respect, admire; respectful

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Qin

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to respect, to admire; royal

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

    Reverence. As in 欽仰 (to admire), 欽佩 (to respect). | A term of respect for the emperor in autocratic times. As in 欽命 (imperial decree), 欽定 (imperially commissioned).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kin(キン) キン

    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsutsushi.mu(つつし-む) つつし-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    欠 (akubi・kakeru・kenzukuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to be reverent imperial cautious respectful admiration reverence awe deference emperor esteem honor homage veneration sovereign

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