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Kanji Detail for 祿 - "fortune, salary, blessing"

祿

  • Meaning

    祿 means "fortune, salary, blessing."

    1. Fortune - Blessings from heaven.

    2. Salary - Official wages; stipend.

    3. Blessing - Divine grace and favor.

  • Tattoo check: 祿

    • Verified meaning: fortune, salary, blessing
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    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

    fief; allowance; pension; grant; happiness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    blessing, happiness, prosperity

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    good fortune; official salary

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    blessing, happiness, prosperity

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

    Blessing. | Salary. The provisions received by officials in the past. Such as saying 高官厚祿 (high office and generous salary) and such. | 無祿. Like saying to die. Also called 不祿. | 天祿. A beast name. Anciently often used as decoration in carvings. Like dragons and phoenixes and such.

  • Onyomi

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    roku(ロク) ロク

  • Kunyomi

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    fuchi(ふち) ふち

    saiwa.i(さいわ-い) さいわ-い

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    fortune salary blessing happiness stipend allowance compensation earnings endowment fate gift income luck official pay prosperity remuneration reward riches

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