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Kanji Detail for 英 - "excellent, hero, brilliant"

  • Meaning

    英 means "excellent, hero, brilliant."

    1. Excellent - Outstanding; brilliant.

    2. Hero - A person of great ability.

    3. Flower - A petal; a blossom.

    4. British - Relating to Britain.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    England; English; hero; outstanding; calyx

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    United Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English

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

    The flowers of plants. Hence used as a metaphor for things that are beautiful and outstanding. Such as fine literature is called 含英咀華 (holding and chewing flowers). This is it. | All talents surpassing others are called 英. Such as saying 英雄 (hero), 英豪 (heroic). | A country name. Abbreviation for England. The main part is the British Isles. In the northwest sea of Europe. The capital is London.
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