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Kanji Detail for 籌 - "counter, arrow, plan, strategy"
籌
- Meaning
籌 means "counter, arrow, plan, strategy."
Counter - A stick used for counting.
Arrow - A dart used in the pitch-pot game.
Plan - To discuss; to scheme.
Strategy - A plot; a plan.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
plan
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
chip, tally, token; raise money
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Counting implements. Like today's gambling chips. Hence saying one is better than another is called 略勝一籌 (slightly winning by one chip). Those for counting drinks are called 酒籌 (drinking chips). Such as saying "chips and goblets pass around." This is it. Taiping Yulan records three old men meeting and asking ages. One said. Each time the sea changed to mulberry fields. I put down one chip. Now I have ten chips full. Hence wishing someone longevity is called 海屋添籌 (adding chips to the seaside house). Based on this. | Planning and calculating is called 籌. Such as 籌畫 (plan), 籌辦 (arrange). Hence being helpless is called 一籌莫展 (unable to move a single chip).
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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