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Kanji Detail for 袖 - "sleeve, garment, elegant"
袖
- Meaning
袖 means "sleeve, garment, elegant."
Sleeve - The part of a garment covering the arm.
Wing - An extension to the side.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
sleeve; wing (building); extension; give cold shoulder
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sleeve; put something in sleeve
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sleeve
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The part of clothing that holds the hands is called 袖 (sleeve). Dong Xian was favored. He slept using Emperor Ai's sleeve as a pillow. The emperor woke first. So he cut off his sleeve and rose. Appears in the "Book of Han." Today male favoritism is metaphorically called 斷袖 (cutting the sleeve). Based on this. | Hidden in the sleeve. Such as saying 袖手旁觀 (looking on with folded arms). | 領袖 (collar and sleeves). The meaning of leader. When holding clothes, one must pay attention to the collar and sleeves. Therefore it has come to be used as a title for the head of a group.
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