Kanji Detail for 簾 - "blind, bamboo, elegant"

簾

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
簾 means "blind, bamboo, elegant."
1. Bamboo blind - A screen made of bamboo.
2. Curtain - A hanging screen for privacy.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

bamboo screen; rattan blind

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

a blind, screen, curtain

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

hanging screen or curtain

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

the flag-sign of a tavern

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

Woven bamboo curtains. Used for screening. Old term for when the emperor is young. And the empress dowager rules the country is called 垂簾 (lowering the curtain). Returning power is called 撒簾 (raising the curtain). | During imperial examinations. The associate examiners in provincial and metropolitan exams were called 簾官 (curtain officials). Those who evaluated writings were called 內簾 (inner curtain). Those who sealed and handled papers were called 外簾 (outer curtain).
Onyomi

ren(れん)
Kunyomi

su(す)

sudare(すだれ)
Strokes

19 strokes
Radical

竹 (take・takekammuri)
Related Keywords
blind bamboo curtain screen shade privacy hanging traditional Japanese elegant partition reed woven interior window decoration natural craft filtered light