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Kanji Detail for 簾 - "bamboo blind, curtain, screen"

簾

  • Meaning

    簾 means "bamboo blind, curtain, screen."

    1. Bamboo blind - A screen made of bamboo.

    2. Curtain - A hanging screen for privacy.

  • Words using 簾

    • 暖簾 のれん Listen (short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store)

  • Tattoo check: 簾

    • Verified meaning: bamboo blind, curtain, screen
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みす, れん)

    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.

  • Name readings of 簾

    Given names 簾(れん)Listen

    Surnames 簾(みす)Listen

  • 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

    tip

    ren(レン) レン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    su(す) す

    sudare(すだれ) すだれ

  • Strokes

    tip

    19 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    bamboo blind curtain screen shade partition divider hanging privacy window traditional woven reed

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