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Kanji Detail for 蔡 - "thicket, state"
蔡
- Meaning
蔡 means "thicket, state."
Thicket - A clump of grass.
State - Name of a Zhou dynasty state.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
type of tortoise used for divination
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
surname; species of tortoise
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Cai
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
a species of tortoise; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A large turtle. The Analects says "Zang Wenzhong kept a large turtle." | An ancient state name. In present-day Henan.
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