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Kanji Detail for 瓦 - "tile, pottery, gram"
瓦
- Meaning
瓦 means "tile, pottery, gram."
Tile - A flat piece used for roofing.
Pottery - Earthenware; ceramics.
Gram - A unit of weight.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
tile; gram
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tile; earthenware pottery; girl
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tile; pottery, earthenware
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A general name for fired earthenware. Today specifically refers to what covers rooftops to protect from rain. | 瓦解 (tile collapse). The meaning of sudden disintegration. Such as when people's hearts become rebellious. | Japan uses one gram of the French weight system as one wa. China's old translation followed this. Now changed to 公分 (centimeter/gram).
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