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Kanji Detail for 翹 - "tail feather, raise, tiptoe, excel"
翹
- Meaning
翹 means "tail feather, raise, tiptoe, excel."
Tail feather - A bird's long tail plume.
Raise - To lift up; to display.
Tiptoe - To stand on one's toes.
Excel - To stand out; to surpass.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
excellence
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
turn up, lift, elevate, raise
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
outstanding; to raise
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Long feathers on a bird's tail. | To raise. Such as saying 翹足而待 (waiting with raised feet). | What stands out is called 翹. Such as 翹楚 (outstanding), 翹秀 (preeminent). Based on the meaning of (Book of Odes, Han Guang) "翹翹錯薪" (tall and varied kindling).
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