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Kanji Detail for 胥 - "salted fish, mutual, all, see, wait"

  • Meaning

    胥 means "salted fish, mutual, all, see, wait."

    1. Salted fish - Fermented fish paste.

    2. Mutual - Together; each other.

    3. All - Everyone; everything.

    4. See - To look.

    5. Wait - To await.

    6. Minor official - A low-ranking functionary.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    together; mutual; subordinate official

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    all, together, mutually

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    all, together, mutually

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

    All. Such as saying 胥可. Meaning all is acceptable. | To wait. Waiting a moment is called 少胥. Also 胥命 means to await orders. Seen in (Records of the Grand Historian). | To examine. The meaning of observing and measuring. (Book of Odes) "Examined this plain." Meaning to survey the plain for settling people. | Commoners serving in government. Seen in (Rites of Zhou). Later generations called clerks 胥吏 (petty officials). Based on this.
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