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Kanji Detail for 肆 - "display, shop, expose, unbridled, relax"

肆

  • Meaning

    肆 means "display, shop, expose, unbridled, relax."

    1. Display - To line up; to arrange.

    2. Shop - A place where goods are sold.

    3. Expose - To display a corpse.

    4. Unbridled - Unrestrained; to act freely.

    5. Relax - To loosen; to permit.

    6. Strive - To work hard; to exhaust.

    7. Four - The formal character for four.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    four

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    indulge; excess; numeral four; particle meaning now, therefore; shop

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to indulge; excess; four (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

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

    Extreme. Acting as one desires is called 肆. Such as 縱肆 (unbridled), 放肆 (presumptuous). | To display. (Analects) "With my strength I could still display him in the marketplace." Meaning to kill and display the corpse. Hence a place displaying goods for sale is also called 肆 (shop). Such as 茶肆 (teahouse), 酒肆 (tavern). Also "seek me in the dried fish shop." Seen in (Zhuangzi). | Colloquially borrowed as the numeral four.
  • Onyomitip

    shi(し) し

  • Kunyomitip

    hoshiimama(ほしいまま) ほしいまま

    mise(みせ) みせ

    tsura.neru(つらねる) つらねる

  • Strokestip

    13 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    聿 (fude・fudezukuri)

  • Related Keywords
    display line arrange shop place goods sold expose corpse unbridled unrestrained act freely relax loosen
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