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Kanji Detail for 蝟 - "hedgehog, swarm"
蝟
- Meaning
蝟 means "hedgehog, swarm."
Hedgehog - A mammal of the family Erinaceidae covered with needle-like spines.
Swarm - To cluster; to gather.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
hedgehog
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
hedgehog
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) hedgehog
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
porcupine, hedgehog; many, varied; vulgar, low
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An animal name. Body is about a foot long. Very fat. Head and feet are both small. Entire body has sharp, glossy spiny hairs. Through the action of back muscles, can bristle them up like arrows. Commonly called 刺蝟 (hedgehog). | A metaphor for many. Such as saying 事如蝟集 (things gather like hedgehog quills). Meaning they gather like hedgehog hairs.
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