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Kanji Detail for 箔 - "foil, gold leaf, prestige"

箔

  • Meaning

    箔 means "foil, gold leaf, prestige."

    1. Foil - Thin metal beaten into sheets.

    2. Gold leaf - Very thin gold used for decoration.

    3. Prestige - Impressive appearance; dignity.

  • Tattoo check: 箔

    • Verified meaning: foil, gold leaf, prestige
    • 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

    foil; gilt

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    reed screen; frame for growing silkworms

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil; foil paper

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    screen, foil, plaited matting; silkworm basket

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

    A curtain. Such as 珠箔. Meaning a pearl curtain. | All metal materials beaten into extremely thin sheets. Colloquially are also called 箔. Such as gold leaf, silver leaf. Also written as 薄. | A silkworm rearing implement. Also written as 簿.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    haku(ハク) ハク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sudare(すだれ) すだれ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    foil gold leaf prestige bamboo blinds cocoon tool thin sheet aluminum coating copper covering decoration embellishment gilded gilding metal precious silver stamping

Sentences including 箔

  • I drank ceremonial sake with gold leaf in it at the new year.

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