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Kanji Detail for 沖 - "offshore, deep, open"
沖
- Meaning
沖 means "offshore, deep, open."
To surge - For water to well up.
Empty - To make empty.
Calm - Unbiased; certain.
Young - Immature.
Deep - Profound; far-reaching.
Offshore - The area of sea or lake away from the shore.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
open sea; offing; rise high into sky
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pour, infuse, steep; wash away
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Empty. Meaning holding an empty and tranquil heart without contention. As in humble (謙沖), retiring (沖退), and the like. | Harmonious. 沖和 (Ch'ung-ho) is also used as a compound, referring to a person's temperament. | Rising high. As in "soaring straight up to the sky" (一飛沖天), meaning rising without obstruction. | A young emperor is called 沖人. See Book of Documents. | Commonly also borrowed for the character 衝. Anything mutually conflicting and appearing together is called 沖. As in "Zi and Wu conflict" (子午相沖), "Mao and You conflict" (卯酉相沖), etc. | Pouring water into something is called 沖. As in pouring hot liquor or boiling water to dissolve something is called 沖.
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