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Kanji Detail for 滔 - "spread, move, gather, scorn"
滔
- Meaning
滔 means "spread, move, gather, scorn."
Spread - For water to expand.
Move - To stir; to cause to move.
Gather - To assemble.
Scorn - To look down upon; to belittle.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
overflowing
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
overflow; rushing water, a torrent
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
torrential, rushing, overflowing
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
滔滔. Water flowing abundantly and not returning. Also used to describe vigorous speech, as in 滔滔不竭 (speaking fluently without end). Also describes declining social morals as 滔滔皆是 (everywhere is thus). The phrase originates from (Analerta). | The meaning of spreading everywhere. 滔天 originally means flood, expressing its extreme magnitude. Hence used as a superlative adjective, as in 罪惡滔天 (crimes reaching to heaven).
- Onyomi
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- Strokes
- Radical
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