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Kanji Detail for 衍 - "flow, spread, extend, wide, plain"
衍
- Meaning
衍 means "flow, spread, extend, wide, plain."
Flow - For water to stream.
Spread - To proliferate; to overflow; to expand.
Extend - To stretch out; to spread.
Wide - Broad; large.
Plain - Flat land.
Surplus - Extra; excess.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
overflowing
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
overflow, spill over, spread out
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to overflow; to spread out
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The appearance of water flowing and spreading sideways in winding fashion. Therefore full and overflowing is called 衍. Luxuriant growth of things is called 蕃衍 (proliferate). Exceeding normal bounds is also called 衍. Excessive entertainment without limit is called 遊衍 (roaming). All appear in the Book of Odes. | Terrain that is flat and low. Such as sandy marshes are called 沙衍. Undulating terrain is called 墳衍 (mounds and plains). Meaning extending endlessly as far as the eye can see. | Extending and expanding is called 衍. Such as 蔓衍 (spreading), 孳衍 (multiplying), 衍義 (extended meaning), 衍慶 (continued prosperity), and such. Today also means handling affairs superficially without substance, just making a show on the surface, called 敷衍 (perfunctory). | Calculation. The Yijing says "The great calculation number is fifty." Today 大衍 is commonly used as a synonym for fifty.
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
私はこの公認された事実を勝手に布衍しているかも知れないが、始終接触して親しくなり過ぎた男女の間には、恋に必要な刺戟の起る清新な感じが失われてしまうように考えています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はこの公認された事実を勝手に布衍しているかも知れないが、始終接触して親しくなり過ぎた男女の間には、恋に必要な刺戟の起る清新な感じが失われてしまうように考えています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha