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Kanji Detail for 珥 - "ear ornament, sword guard, insert"
珥
- Meaning
珥 means "ear ornament, sword guard, insert."
Ear ornament - A jade earring.
Sword guard - The guard of a blade.
Insert - To put between.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
ear bauble; hilt
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
ear ornament; stick, insert
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
pearl or jade earring
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
pearl or jade earring; to insert, to stick
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Using pearls and jade as ear ornaments. Now earrings are also called 珥. As in 簪珥 (hairpins and earrings). | Objects inserted at the side of a cap above the ear are all called 珥. Han attendants and regular attendants were close serving officials whose caps had sable tails inserted as decoration, called 珥貂. Also, censors often inserted brushes at the side of their caps for taking notes, called 珥筆.
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