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Kanji Detail for 睫 - "eyelash"
睫
- Meaning
睫 means "eyelash."
Eyelash - The hair growing on the edge of the eyelid.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
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Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
eyelashes
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
eyelashes
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The hair beside the eyes. Hence a metaphor for something very near is called 眉睫 (brow and lash). Closing eyes and sleeping peacefully is called 交睫 (lashes meeting).
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