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Kanji Detail for 翰 - "mountain pheasant, feather, fly, brush, letter"
翰
- Meaning
翰 means "mountain pheasant, feather, fly, brush, letter."
Mountain pheasant - A copper pheasant.
Feather - A bird's plume.
Fly - To soar high.
Brush - A writing brush made from feathers.
Letter - A document; a written message.
Trunk - A pillar; a main support.
White - A white horse.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
letter; writing brush
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
writing brush, pen, pencil
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Han
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
pen, pencil, writing brush
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Bird feathers. Long and strong feathers are called 翰. Hence flying high is also called 翰. Such as saying 翰飛 (flying high), 翰音 (soaring sound). | The meaning of supporting and protecting. Such as enfeoffing princes is called 屏翰 (protecting shield), 藩翰 (defending shield). Like bird wings protecting the body. | Anciently feather quills were used as brushes. Hence brushes are called 翰. Such as 書翰 (letters), 文翰 (writings), handwriting is also called 手翰 (personal letter). | An ancient official title. 翰林. Those who serve in literary matters. The Central Secretariat is also called 中翰. Or 內翰. The upper right is originally from 入. Now commonly written as 人.
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