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Kanji Detail for 況 - "moreover, state"

況

  • Meaning

    況 means "moreover, state." Also associated with to compare.

    1. To compare - To liken; to measure against.

    2. State - Condition; appearance; situation.

    3. Moreover - Furthermore; even more.

  • Words using 況

    • 不況 ふきょう Listen (economic) depression; recession; slump
    • 状況 じょうきょう Listen state of affairs; situation; conditions
    • 市況 しきょう Listen market conditions
    • 好況 こうきょう Listen prosperous (economic) conditions; favourable conditions; (economic) boom
    • 盛況 せいきょう Listen success; boom; being well-attended (of an event)
    • 実況 じっきょう Listen actual state (of things); actual conditions; actual scene
    • 作況指数 さっきょうしすう Listen rice-crop index
    • 活況 かっきょう Listen activity; briskness; prosperity

  • Four-character idioms with 況

    • 状況証拠 じょうきょうしょうこ Listen circumstantial evidence

  • Tattoo check: 況

    • Verified meaning: moreover, state
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to compare

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    condition; situation

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    condition, situation; furthermore

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    moreover; situation

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    condition, situation; furthermore

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

    To compare or analogize. As in using one thing to describe another is called 形況 (to describe). | To increase. As in 況瘁 (increased toil), meaning even more exhausted. | An auxiliary word. As in 況乎 (how much more), 況且 (moreover), meaning adding another meaning beyond the original. | [Character explanation] For comparison (比況), moreover (矧況), description (形況), the character is also written as 況. The right has two strokes. In ancient times all were written as 況.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    iwa.n'ya(いわ-にゃ) いわ-にゃ

    mashi.te(まし-て) まし-て

    omomuki(おもむき) おもむき

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to compare state moreover finally increasingly situation furthermore let alone condition additionally besides even in addition appearance liken assess determine evaluate measure

Sentences including 況

  • Under such circumstances , we can not succeed.

  • I don't remember what happened.

  • I'm far from happy about this situation.

  • This is a difficult situation.

  • Please let me know the status.

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