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Kanji Detail for 袂 - "sleeve, sleeve pouch, base"

袂

  • Meaning

    袂 means "sleeve, sleeve pouch, base."

    1. Sleeve - The arm portion of a garment.

    2. Sleeve pouch - The hanging part at the bottom of a Japanese kimono sleeve (Japanese usage).

    3. Base - The foot of something; the side (Japanese usage).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sleeve; foot (of hill); edge

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sleeves

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sleeve of a robe

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sleeves

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

    Sleeves. Refers to the part of clothing where the hands come out. Therefore parting is called 分袂 (separating sleeves), meaning parting ways.
  • Onyomitip

    bei(べい) べい

    ketsu(けつ) けつ

  • Kunyomitip

    tamoto tamoto

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    衣 衤 (koromo・koromohen)

  • Related Keywords
    sleeve arm portion garment pouch hanging part bottom kimono base foot side

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