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Kanji Detail for 演 - "perform, explain, practice"
演
- Meaning
演 means "perform, explain, practice."
Perform - To present before an audience; to act.
Explain - To expound; to elaborate on meaning.
Flow - To move like water; to extend outward.
Practice - To carry out in reality; to drill.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
performance; act; play; render; stage
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
perform, put on; exercise
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to perform, to act, to put on a play
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
When one thing leads to another and can be arranged and deduced according to natural sequence, it is all called 演. As deriving sixty-four hexagrams from eight trigrams is called 演易, and so forth. | To elaborate. To expand on the meaning and explain in detail is called 演說 (speech), 演講 (lecture). | To simulate. As in 試演 (rehearsal), 演習 (drill), 演武 (military exercise), 演禮 (ceremonial practice). Drama is also called 演劇. | Evolution. 演 refers to cause and effect, the procedure of natural progression. Hence natural progression is also called 演進 (evolution).
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Sentences including 演
I play an important part.
What time does the curtain fall?
He appeared on television last night.
We're going to the theater.
He made a speech in connection with world peace.
Her speech was excellent.
Unfortunately i was not in time for his speech.
His speech contained very little matter.
He made a speech in english at the meeting.
A person giving a speech should stand where everyone can see him.