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Kanji Detail for 豎 - "stand, vertical, child, minor official"
豎
- Meaning
豎 means "stand, vertical, child, minor official."
Stand - To erect; to set upright.
Vertical - Lengthwise.
Child - A young servant; a boy.
Minor official - A low-ranking functionary.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
vertical; child
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
vertical; perpendicular; upright
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
perpendicular, vertical; to erect
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To stand upright. Raising something from lying down is called 豎. Such as the common expressions 豎旗桿 (raise a flagpole), 豎牌坊 (erect a memorial archway). Also in calligraphy, horizontal strokes are called 畫 and vertical strokes are called 豎. | A young servant who has not yet come of age is called 豎. Such as 牧豎 (shepherd boy), 豎子 (young servant). Duke Jing of Jin dreamed of two young boys when ill, residing above the 肓 (diaphragm) and below the 膏 (heart fat). Appears in "Zuozhuan." Today people say being ill is 為二豎所困 (troubled by the two boys), based on this. | A minor official in the palace. Such as 內豎 (inner servant), 嬖豎 (favored servant). | Meaning lowly and contemptible. Such as saying 豎儒 (petty scholar).
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