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Kanji Detail for 討 - "attack, investigate, seek"
討
- Meaning
討 means "attack, investigate, seek."
To attack - To strike down enemies or evildoers.
To investigate - To examine in detail.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
chastise; attack; defeat; destroy; conquer
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To punish. To execute. Punishing and executing criminals is called 討. | To investigate and study. The Analects says "Shishu discussed and reviewed it." | Commonly means demanding property is called 討. Such as 討債 (collecting debts).
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Sentences including 討
The matter is still under discussion.
The discussion went on till late at night.
Let's discuss the problem with them.
Let's discuss the matter right now.
Please give my proposal one more chance.
The plan is under discussion.
This problem is worth discussing.
They are discussing the matter at present.
Will you go over my plan?
Let's kick it around at the next meeting.