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Kanji Detail for 贅 - "pawn, superfluous, wart"

贅

  • Meaning

    贅 means "pawn, superfluous, wart."

    1. Pawn - To place in pledge.

    2. Superfluous - Wasteful; unnecessary.

    3. Wart - A growth; a lump.

    4. Son-in-law - A man who marries into his wife's family.

  • Four-character idioms with 贅

    • 贅沢三昧 ぜいたくざんまい Listen indulging in every possible luxury

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    luxury

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    unnecessary, superfluous

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's in-laws after marrying; (of the bride's parents) to have the groom join one's household

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    unnecessary, superfluous

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

    To attach. Meaning to connect and attach. Attached growths like warts are called 贅疣 (warts). Therefore things that are useless and surplus are all called 贅. | A type of speech. Such as in letters, 言不贅 (no need to say more). Meaning not wasting more words.

  • Onyomi

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    sei(セイ) セイ

    zei(ゼイ) ゼイ

  • Kunyomi

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    ibo(いぼ) いぼ

  • Strokes

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    pawn superfluous wart son-in-law redundant

Sentences including 贅

  • Tom lives in the lap of luxury.

  • I would like to live in luxury.

  • He led a life of luxury.

  • She was brought up in the lap of luxury.

  • He lives in luxury.

  • Tom lives in the lap of luxury.

  • Taking a taxi is a luxury for me.

  • This is luxury beyond my income.

  • Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

  • Such extravagance is beyond my reach.

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