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Kanji Detail for 諸 - "various, all"

  • Meaning

    諸 means "various, all." Also associated with this.

    1. Various - Many different; diverse.

    2. All - Every one; the whole.

    3. This - Demonstrative pronoun.

  • Words using

    • 諸君 しょくん Listen you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen
    • 諸国 しょこく Listen various countries; various regions; various provinces
    • 諸島 しょとう Listen archipelago; group of islands
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 諸事万端 しょじばんたん Listen everything; all things
    • 諸国漫遊 しょこくまんゆう Listen tour around the country; travelling to various provinces
    • 諸子百家 しょしひゃっか Listen Hundred Schools of Thought (during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period)
    • 諸法無我 しょほうむが Listen idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances
    • 諸行無常 しょぎょうむじょう Listen all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
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    • Verified meaning: various, all
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じえ, しょ, もろ, もろさき)
    • Also carries these associations: this

    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

    Surnames (じえ)Listen (しょ)Listen (もろ)Listen (もろさき)Listen (もろずみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    various; many; several; together

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    several, various

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Zhu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    all, many, various; surname

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

    At. The meaning of specifically belonging. The "Yili" says "Then present it at his mat." | A doubtful word. A contraction of 之乎. Such as asking if something exists is 有諸 (is there such). | All. Speaking of things without specifically referring to one. Such as 諸事 (all matters), 諸君 (gentlemen all). | An auxiliary word. The Odes says "The sun and moon." 居諸 both have no meaning. Used as a name for sun and moon. Han Yu's poem says "For you I regret the sun and moon."
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • All of you have to read it.

  • Are you going to learn english?

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