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Kanji Detail for 詮 - "to explain, to select"

詮

  • Meaning

    詮 means "to explain, to select." Also associated with to prepare.

    1. To explain - To clarify; to elucidate; to make clear.

    2. To select - To choose; to pick out.

    3. To prepare - To make ready; to furnish.

    4. After all - In the end; ultimately; finally.

    5. Method - Means; way; approach.

  • Words using 詮

    • 所詮 しょせん Listen after all; in the end; anyway

  • Tattoo check: 詮

    • Verified meaning: to explain, to select
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, さとる)
    • Also carries these associations: to prepare

    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.

  • Name readings of 詮

    Given names 詮(あきら)Listen 詮(さとる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    discussion; methods called for; selection; result

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    explain, expound, comment on

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to explain; to comment; to annotate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to expound, to explain, to comment on

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

    To explain in detail. Fully stating principles is called 詮. Such as 詮論 (expounding), 詮解 (explanation). Also analyzing difficulties to get a definitive meaning is called 真詮 (true explanation).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    aki.raka(あきらか) あきらか

    kai(かい) かい

    sen.zuru(せん-ずる) せん-ずる

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to explain to select to prepare after all method discuss clarify choose elucidate expound interpret deliberate elaborate order logic

Sentences including 詮

  • Don't pry into my private life.

  • You are too inquisitive about other people's affairs.

  • You shouldn't even try making sense of it.

  • My neighbor is what we call a nosy person.

  • I think that things like animal rights are really just humanity being smug.

  • People love to check out each other's houses.

  • Just reading a computer manual is like practicing swimming on dry land.

  • You can spend your time in any way you want; it's your time, after all.

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