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Kanji Detail for 籤 - "lot, counter, skewer"
籤
- Meaning
籤 means "lot, counter, skewer."
Lot - A fortune slip; a lottery stick.
Counter - A stick used for counting.
Skewer - A bamboo stick.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
lottery; raffle
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tally; lot; marker
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
label, marker, tag; signature; visa
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Same as 簽. A mark of identification. Meaning writing characters on bamboo slips as symbols. Such as in old times when officials were assigned to posts it was called 掣籤 (drawing lots). The province on the drawn lot was where one would serve. All labels are called 籤. Such as book covers having title slips. | Sharp. To pierce. Colloquially, piercing things with needles is also called 籤. | A divination implement. Using bamboo as lots. Drawing them before spirits to divine fortune. Same as the ancient method of cup and jiao. Commonly called seeking fortune lots.
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