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Kanji Detail for 綸 - "cord, decree, govern"
綸
- Meaning
綸 means "cord, decree, govern."
Cord - A thick thread; a string.
Imperial decree - An emperor's order.
Govern - To rule; to manage.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
thread; silk cloth
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
green silk thread or tassel
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to classify; to twist silk; silk thread
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
silk thread; to twist together; to classify
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A blue silk ribbon. (Yang Zi's Model Sayings) "Five liang of ribbon. Half a tong of bronze." Meaning seal ribbon and seal. Also read like 關. 綸巾. A type of headwear. During Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties. Famous scholars often wore white 綸巾. For its simplicity and elegant air. As tradition says Zhuge Kongming in his carriage. With feather fan and silk turban. This is it. | A type of rope. Ten silk threads make 綸. (Record of Rites) "The king's word is like silk. When it goes out it is like thread. The king's word is like thread. When it goes out it is like rope." Meaning going from small to gradually larger. Anciently, imperial edicts were called 綸音, 絲綸, 綸綍. Based on this. | 綸 has the meaning of wrapping. Meaning twisting rope. Hence organizing affairs is called 彌綸, 經綸. Both seen in (Book of Changes). Also, affairs being numerous is called 紛綸. Also the meaning of mixed. | Fishing line. Such as fishing is called 垂綸. Stopping fishing is called 收綸.
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