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Kanji Detail for 矯 - "to correct, to straighten, to pretend"

矯

  • Meaning

    矯 means "to correct, to straighten, to pretend."

    1. Correct - To make straight; to rectify.

    2. Straighten - To make right what is crooked.

    3. Pretend - To feign; to falsify.

    4. Strong - Vigorous; forceful.

  • Words using 矯

    • 矯正 きょうせい Listen correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification

  • Name readings of 矯

    Given names 矯(いさむ)Listen 矯(たかし)Listen 矯(たけし)Listen 矯(つよし)Listen

    Surnames 矯(いさみ)Listen 矯(ただし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rectify; straighten; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsify

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    correct, rectify, straighten out

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Jiao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to correct, to rectify, to straighten out

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

    To bend something crooked to make it straight. By extension, to correct is also called 矯正. | Forging and falsely claiming are both called 矯. Such as 矯詔 (forged imperial edict), 矯命 (false command) and such. | Brave. (Book of Odes) "The valiant tiger-like ministers." (Doctrine of the Mean) "Strong and resolute."

  • Onyomi

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    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ta.meru(た-める) た-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    矢 (ya・yahen)

  • Related Keywords

    to correct to straighten to pretend adorn enhance fake deceive raise elevate strong rectify adjust alter amend fix improve modify reform remedy revise

Sentences including 矯

  • My daughter has braces.

  • He needs discipline.

  • I would like to have my teeth straightened.

  • He is bad beyond correction.

  • Tom has braces.

  • I think I need braces.

  • I'd like to have a consultation about getting braces.

  • I'd like to have her teeth straightened.

  • Wearing glasses should correct your vision.

  • Contact lenses are more able to correct strong astigmatism.

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