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Kanji Detail for 蕩 - "sway, wash, unrestrained, expansive, dissolve"
蕩
- Meaning
蕩 means "sway, wash, unrestrained, expansive, dissolve."
Sway - To move back and forth; to shake.
Wash - To rinse away; to sweep away; to remove.
Unrestrained - Self-indulgent; doing as one pleases.
Expansive - Spacious; open.
Dissolve - Lacking firmness; slovenly.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
melt; be charmed; captivated
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pond, pool; wash away, cleanse
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A vast and broad appearance. The Analects says "Vast and grand, the people cannot name it." | Calm and even. The Analects says "The gentleman is calm and at ease." | Moving back and forth. Such as 蕩槳 (rowing a boat). Also to shake. Such as 心蕩 (heart stirred). | Self-indulgent and without self-control. Such as those who don't attend to proper work being called 蕩子 (prodigal son). Lewd and unfaithful being called 蕩婦 (dissolute woman). | To wash clean. Therefore clearing out bandits is also called 蕩. Such as 掃蕩 (sweep clean), 蕩平 (pacify). | To destroy or ruin. Such as saying 紀綱蕩然 (discipline and order completely destroyed). In the Book of Odes, Greater Odes, the poems "Daban" and "Dang" were both composed because the Zhou court was greatly ruined. Therefore today when the world is in chaos it is called 中原板蕩 (upheaval in the Central Plains). | Water marshes. Lakes and ponds where aquatic products can be harvested. Such as saying 山灘蕩埂 (mountain beaches and marsh banks).
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