Kanji Detail for 蠲 - "millipede, pure, clear, remove"

蠲

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蠲 means "millipede, pure, clear, remove."
1. Millipede - An arthropod of the class Diplopoda.
2. Pure - Clean; to purify.
3. Clear - Distinct; obvious.
4. Remove - To sweep away; to eliminate.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

the millipede sometimes confounded with the grow-worm; bright; clear

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

millipede; glow-worm; bright, clear

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to deduct; to show; bright and clean; glow-worm; galleyworm; millipede

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

millipede; glow-worm; bright, clear

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Clean and pure. | To remove. Such as 蠲除 (eliminate), 蠲免 (exempt).
Onyomi

ke(け)

kei(けい)

ken(けん)
Kunyomi

yasude
Strokes

23 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
millipede arthropod class diplopoda pure clean purify clear distinct obvious remove sweep eliminate