Kanji Detail for 箕 - "winnow, basket, discern"

箕

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
箕 means "winnow, basket, discern."
1. Winnowing basket - A tool for separating grain from chaff.
2. Cross-legged - Sitting with legs spread out.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

winnowing

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

sieve; dust pan, garbage bag; 7th lunar mansion, determinative star γ² Sagittarii (Alnasl)

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

winnow basket

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

sieve; dust pan; garbage bag

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

簸箕. An implement for winnowing rice to remove chaff. | 箕踞. Arrogant posture. Meaning sitting with legs spread out like a winnowing basket tongue. | What is used for sweeping to receive dust is also called 箕. Commonly called dustpan. | Spiral patterns on fingers. Such as saying finger patterns are called 箕斗文. | A star name. One of the twenty-eight mansions. Legend says the constellation is behind the Ji star. Zhuangzi has the phrase "Fu Shuo riding the tail of Ji. Comparing to the aligned stars." Now saying a person died as "riding Ji" originates from this.
Onyomi

ki(き)
Kunyomi

chiritori(ちりとり)

mi(み)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

竹 (take・takekammuri)
Related Keywords
winnow basket sieve sift separate sort select agriculture harvest grain chaff tool traditional farming discern filter screen choose cross-legged sitting