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Kanji Detail for 蔽 - "cover, shield, protect"
蔽
- Meaning
蔽 means "cover, shield, protect."
To cover - To conceal; to hide; to wrap; to collect together.
To decide - To determine; to judge.
Dark - Ignorant of principles.
Small - Vegetation that is small.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
cover; shade; mantle; capsize; be ruined
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cover, hide, conceal; shelter
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to cover, to hide, to shelter
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To cover or conceal. Such as clothes being used to cover the body. | To block or stop. The Analects says "To summarize it in one word." Nowadays also covering up responsibility is called 蔽辜. Such as saying 不足以蔽其辜 (not enough to cover one's guilt). This is the meaning. | To obstruct or separate. Such as saying 塞聰蔽明 (blocking hearing and obstructing sight). Therefore obstructing matters are also called 蔽. The Analects says "Have you heard of the six sayings and six obstructions?" | To decide. Deciding guilt is called 蔽罪. Appears in the Zuo Zhuan.
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