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Kanji Detail for 疏 - "distant, sparse, explain"
疏
- Meaning
疏 means "distant, sparse, explain."
Distant - Not close; unfamiliar.
Sparse - Not dense; scattered; loose.
Pass through - To flow; to penetrate.
Separate - To divide; to part.
Explain - To clarify in detail; to annotate.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pass through; note; commentary; estrangement; sparseness; neglect; penetrate
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
neglect; careless, lax
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 疏[shu1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To be unobstructed. When principles are clear and reaching is called 疏通致遠 (opening channels for far reach). Refers to political words. Seen in (Record of Rites). Today also refers to resolving misunderstandings between two parties as 疏通. | Distant. The opposite of 親 (close). Such as close relatives are 親. Distant ones are 疏. Those one often comes into contact with are 親. Those kept at a distance are 疏. | Sparse. The opposite of 密 (dense). Such as plans and arrangements that are not thorough are called 粗疏 (careless), 疏忽 (negligent). | To carve. Such as window lattices are called 疏櫺. Meaning carving them to let light through. | To itemize and present. Such as 奏疏 (memorial to the throne). | Explaining the meaning thoroughly is called 疏. Such as 注疏 (annotations and commentaries). | [Character Analysis]
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