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Kanji Detail for 蚨 - "mythical insect"
蚨
- Meaning
蚨 means "mythical insect."
Mythical insect - A legendary creature (used in compound 青蚨).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
kind of water-beetle cash; then dollars and money generally
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
water-beetle; cash
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(water-beetle); money
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
a kind of water beetle; cash, dollars, money
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
青蚨 (green insect). A water insect. Legend says if you take its young, the mother will fly to them. Kill the mother and smear coins with her blood. Smear the string with the young. The coins will return by themselves. Appears in "Soushen Ji." Therefore people call money 青蚨.
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