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Kanji Detail for 輠 - "oil container, revolve"

輠

  • Meaning

    輠 means "oil container, revolve."

    1. Oil container - A vessel for lubricating oil used in ancient carts.

    2. Revolve - To turn around.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    grease pot hung under axle of cart

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    grease pot hung under axle of cart

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    grease-pot under a cart

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

    A carriage's grease container. Grease is applied to the axle to prevent the carriage from stopping. Therefore, a metaphor for inexhaustible speech is called 炙輠 (like grease on a wheel).
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    aburatsubo aburatsubo

  • Strokestip

    15 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    車 (kuruma・kurumahen)

  • Related Keywords
    oil container vessel lubricating carts revolve turn around
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