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Kanji Detail for 涉 - "involve, wade"

涉

  • Meaning

    涉 means "involve, wade." Also associated with traverse.

    1. Involve - To be connected with; to participate in.

    2. Wade - To walk through water; to cross by walking.

    3. Traverse - To travel across; to journey through widely.

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    • Verified meaning: involve, wade
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: traverse

    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

    ford stream; wade across

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ford stream, wade across

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sconcerned, involved; to experience; to wade through a stream

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

    To ford water. Walking through grass is called 跋 (trudging); walking through water is called 涉 (wading). Hence, difficult travel is called 跋涉. | Being related is called 涉. As in 交涉 (negotiation), 干涉 (interference). Not being related is called 無涉 (unrelated).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kaka.waru(かか-わる) かか-わる

    wata.ru(わた-る) わた-る

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    involve wade traverse cross entrust research roam ford experience concern deal with encounter engage go through handle journey navigate participate proceed travel undergo

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