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Kanji Detail for 觸 - "touch, proclaim, proclamation"

  • Meaning

    觸 means "touch, proclaim, proclamation."

    1. Touch - To come into contact; to hit; to violate.

    2. Proclaim - To announce widely.

    3. Proclamation - An official notice.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    touch; feel; hit; proclaim; announce; conflict; contact

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    touch; butt, ram, gore

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch

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

    To gore with horns. Such as the ancient tradition that the 解廌 is a divine beast that gores the unjust. Also all ramming into things is called 觸. Such as "Gong Gong angrily rammed Buzhou Mountain." Appears in "Liezi." | To touch. All objects meeting is called 觸. Such as saying hearing or seeing a matter is 接觸於耳目 (coming into contact with eyes and ears). Also when there are many things, it is called 觸處皆是 (everywhere you touch). Meaning encounters are everywhere. | To move. All being affected and having one's heart moved is called 觸. Such as 觸發 (trigger), 觸機 (touch off). | To offend. Such as 觸諱 (violating taboos), 觸禍 (inviting disaster). Also words and actions contradicting each other is called 抵觸 (conflict).
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