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Kanji Detail for 訃 - "to announce death, news of death"

訃

  • Meaning

    訃 means "to announce death, news of death."

    1. To announce death - To inform of someone's passing.

    2. News of death - Notification of a person's demise.

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    • Verified meaning: to announce death, news of death
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    obituary

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    obituary; give notice of death

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to report a bereavement; obituary

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    obituary, death notice

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

    Announcing a death is called 訃. Today commonly called 訃聞 (death notice). Originally written as 赴.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shirase(し-らせ) し-らせ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to announce death news of death obituary bereavement condolence decease demise mourning funeral passing notification eulogy inform notice

Sentences including 訃

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