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Kanji Detail for 瑣 - "clink, small, chain"

  • Meaning

    瑣 means "clink, small, chain."

    1. Clink - The sound of jade pieces touching.

    2. Small - Little; minute.

    3. Chain - A linked series.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    small; chain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fragments; trifling, petty; troublesome

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    fragmentary; trifling

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    petty; trifling; troublesome

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Fine and complicated. As in 瑣碎 (trivial), 繁瑣 (tedious). | Vulgar and petty. As in calling something base and mean 猥瑣. | Original character for 鎖 (lock). Anciently iron chains were called 鐵瑣. Today's interlocking ring patterns were anciently also called 瑣紋. See "鎖" for details.
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