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Kanji Detail for 笏 - "scepter"
笏
- Meaning
笏 means "scepter."
Scepter - A flat tablet held during ceremonial dress for writing notes.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
mace; baton; scepter
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tablet held by someone having authority
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
a tablet held by an overseer
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Also called a hand board. What is held during court audiences. Matters are written on it. To prevent forgetting. Anciently from the Son of Heaven down to scholars all held 笏. Made of jade, ivory, or bamboo. In later generations only officials held 笏. Made of ivory or wood. | Old usage called one ingot of gold also one 笏. Small plots of land were called so many 笏.
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