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Kanji Detail for 獺 - "otter"
獺
- Meaning
獺 means "otter."
Otter - A mammal of the Mustelidae family.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
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Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
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CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
otter; Taiwan pr. [ta4]
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A beast name. There are two types: river otter and sea otter. River otters are two to three feet long. Tail is pointed and long like an awl. All four limbs have webbed toes. Good swimmers. Live in burrows along riverbanks. Come out at night to eat fish. Only drink the blood and discard the flesh. Hence people sometimes raise them to help with fishing. Sea otters are over three feet long. Only rear limbs have webbing. Small head and fat body. Long fur that is soft and lustrous. Their pelts can be made into fur coats. Sea otter fur is particularly precious. | 獺祭. A literary metaphor for spreading reference materials all over one's desk when writing, like an otter's sacrifice of fish. A mocking term for Tang poet Li Shangyin.
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