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Kanji Detail for 禎 - "auspicious"

禎

  • Meaning

    禎 means "auspicious." Also associated with felicitous, righteous.

    1. Auspicious - Lucky and favorable; blessed by fortune.

    2. Felicitous - Happy and fortunate; bringing good luck.

    3. Righteous - Correct and proper; morally upright.

  • Tattoo check: 禎

    • Verified meaning: auspicious
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さだ, さだじ, さだずみ, さだつぐ)
    • Also carries these associations: felicitous, righteous

    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.

  • Name readings of 禎

    Given names 禎(さだ)Listen 禎(さだむ)Listen 禎(ただし)Listen 禎(てい)Listen

    Surnames 禎(さだじ)Listen 禎(さだずみ)Listen 禎(さだつぐ)Listen 禎(さだのり)Listen 禎(さだゆき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    happiness; blessed; good fortune; auspicious

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lucky, auspicious, good omen

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    auspicious; lucky

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    lucky, auspicious; a good omen

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

    Auspicious. Auspicious omens are called 禎祥.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    saiwa.i(さいわ-い) さいわ-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    auspicious felicitous righteous fortunate blessed blessing bliss favor felicity fortune good grace happiness happy joy luck prosperous

Sentences including 禎

  • Sadako wanted to forget about it.

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