Kanji Detail for 甄 - "pottery, make, distinguish"

甄

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
甄 means "pottery, make, distinguish."
1. Pottery - Ceramics; earthenware.
2. Make - To produce pottery.
3. Distinguish - To discern; to differentiate.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

porcelain; make clear; distinguish between

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to examine, discern; to grade; a surname

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Zhen

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to grade, to examine, to discern; surname

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

To work pottery. Such as saying 甄陶 (pottering). Also has the meaning of civilizing. Like saying cultivating talents. | To distinguish. Such as 甄拔 (selecting), 甄別 (discriminating). All mean distinguishing quality and promoting and recommending.
Onyomi

ken(けん)

shin(しん)
Kunyomi

sue(すえ)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

瓦 (kawara)
Related Keywords
pottery ceramics earthenware make produce distinguish discern differentiate