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Kanji Detail for 珂 - "shell ornament, horse decoration, jewel"
珂
- Meaning
珂 means "shell ornament, horse decoration, jewel."
Gemstone - A type of precious stone; white agate.
Shell ornament - A decorative shell; a bridle ornament.
Horse decoration - An ornament for horse bridles.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
jewel
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
inferior kind of jade
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
jade-like stone
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
an inferior kind of jade
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A stone next to jade. Also called white agate. Ancients used it for horse decorations. As in 鳴珂 (jingling white agate), referring to the carriages of the noble. Hence calling someone's hometown 珂鄉, 珂里, meaning the hometown of the wealthy and noble.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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