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Kanji Detail for 管 - "pipe, control, manage"
管
- Meaning
管 means "pipe, control, manage."
Pipe - A tube; a conduit.
Control - To manage; to supervise.
Flute - A wind instrument.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pipe; tube; wind instrument; drunken talk; control; jurisdiction
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 管[guan3]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A musical instrument. Made of bamboo. One chi long, one cun in circumference. With a bottom. Like a flute but smaller. Blown with two tubes together. | All cylindrical hollow objects are called 管. Such as the body's blood vessels. The blowpipe in chemistry apparatus. (Dongfang Shuo's writing) "Viewing the sky through a tube. Measuring the sea with a gourd." A metaphor for seeing little and shallowly. Now people presenting their own views say 管見 (tube view). Based on this. | The pen shaft is called 管. (Book of Odes) "Bestowing upon me a red brush." Referring to a female historian recording matters. Now praising women's virtue and learning is called 彤管. Based on this. Also colloquially, holding a brush is called 握管. | Managing affairs is called 管. Such as saying 掌管 (manage), 管轄 (administer). Colloquially, interfering in affairs is also called 管. Not interfering is called 不管. | 管鑰 (key). Commonly called 鑰. Such as saying "the key to the northern gate." | Restraining someone is called 管. Such as 管教 (discipline), 看管 (watch over).
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