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Kanji Detail for 纂 - "to compile"

纂

  • Meaning

    纂 means "to compile." Also associated with to inherit, red cord.

    1. To collect - To gather; to compile into books.

    2. Red cord - A braided red string.

    3. To inherit - To succeed; to carry on.

  • Tattoo check: 纂

    • Verified meaning: to compile
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to inherit, red cord

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    editing; compiling

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    edit, compile; topknot, chignon

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) to compile; to edit (variant of 纂[zuan3])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to edit, to compile; to tie a knot

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Woven material like cord but red. | To collect. Han's Yang Xiong wrote the Training Compendium. Meaning gathering character meanings. Now compiling books is all called 纂. Such as 總纂 (general editor), 分纂 (section editor).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    san(サン) サン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    atsu.meru(あつ-める) あつ-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    20 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to inherit red cord to compile gather collect compilation editing accumulate assemble braided revising

Sentences including 纂

  • Compiling a dictionary demands an enormous amount of time.

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