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Kanji Detail for 羚 - "antelope, gazelle"
羚
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Meaning
羚 means "antelope, gazelle."
Antelope - A swift, graceful animal.
Gazelle - A slender-horned antelope.
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Origin of 羚
⺶, the sheep radical, beside 令, which lends the reading rei: the antelope. 羚羊 is read reiyō, and in Japan also kamoshika, the serow of the mountains.
How to remember it: A horned animal of the sheep 羊 kind, but built for cliffs — the antelope.
Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com
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Tattoo check: 羚
- Verified meaning: antelope, gazelle
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read れい)
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.
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Name readings of 羚
Surnames 羚(れい)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
antelope
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
species of antelope
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
antelope
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
a species of antelope
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
羚羊 (antelope). Resembles a goat but larger. Its horns have circular ridged patterns. At night it hangs from trees by its horns to guard against danger. Its horns are used in medicine.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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