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Kanji Detail for 歃 - "sip blood"

歃

  • Meaning

    歃 means "sip blood."

    1. Sip blood - To drink sacrificial blood when making an oath.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sip; slurp; suck

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    smear one's mouth with blood of a victim when taking an oath

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to drink

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to drink to an oath

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

    歃血 (blood covenant). Those taking an oath smear blood around the mouth, called 歃血. Read as Ch'a.
  • Onyomitip

    koh(こう) こう

    shoh(しょう) しょう

    soh(そう) そう

  • Kunyomitip

    susuru susuru

  • Strokestip

    13 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    欠 (akubi・kakeru・kenzukuri)

  • Related Keywords
    sip blood drink sacrificial making oath
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