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Kanji Detail for 簠 - "ritual vessel"
簠
- Meaning
簠 means "ritual vessel."
Ritual vessel - A square container for food; a vessel for grain offerings to the gods.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
an ancient vessel
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
an ancient vessel used for holding boiled grain
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
basket used in state worship
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
簠簋. Sacrificial vessels for holding millet. Square outside and round inside is called 簠. Round outside and square inside is called 簋. Old saying that officials are corrupt is 簠簋不飭 (sacrificial vessels not in order). The phrase originates from (Book of Han, Biography of Jia Yi).
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