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Kanji Detail for 緇 - "black, black silk, monk, darken"
緇
- Meaning
緇 means "black, black silk, monk, darken."
Black - Dark in color.
Black silk - Dark silk; black clothing.
Monk - A Buddhist priest.
Darken - To become black.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
black clothing; priest
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
black silk
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Buddhists; black silk; dark
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Black-colored silk. | Monks often wear black clothes. Hence called 緇流. Such as shaving the head to become a monk is called 披緇 (donning black).
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