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Kanji Detail for 疏 - "sparse, pass through"

疏

  • Meaning

    疏 means "sparse, pass through." Also associated with distant.

    1. Distant - Not close; unfamiliar.

    2. Sparse - Not dense; scattered; loose.

    3. Pass through - To flow; to penetrate.

    4. Separate - To divide; to part.

    5. Explain - To clarify in detail; to annotate.

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    • Verified meaning: sparse, pass through
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: distant

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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]

  • Onyomi

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    sho(ショ) ショ

    so(ソ) ソ

  • Kunyomi

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    ara.i(あら-い) あら-い

    maba.ra(まば-ら) まば-ら

    too.ru(とお-る) とお-る

    too.su(とお-す) とお-す

    uto.i(うと-い) うと-い

    uto.mu(うと-む) うと-む

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    疋 (hiki・hikihen)

  • Related Keywords

    distant sparse pass through clarify detach divide explain itemize remove separate neglect scattered alienate loose estrange remote penetrate coarse thin

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