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Kanji Detail for 磋 - "polish, strive"
磋
- Meaning
磋 means "polish, strive."
Polish - To burnish jade or bone.
Strive - To work diligently.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
polish
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
polish, buff; scrutinize
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools; (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to polish, to buff; to examine, to deliberate
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To grind. Fine grinding work on bone and horn is called 磋. By extension, repeatedly discussing with others is called 磋商 (discuss). Meaning it takes fine work.
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