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Kanji Detail for 輿 - "palanquin, many, support"
輿
- Meaning
輿 means "palanquin, many, support."
Palanquin - A carried vehicle for passengers.
Many - Numerous; multitudes.
Earth - The ground that supports all things.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
palanquin; bier; public opinion; the earth
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cart, palanquin; public opinion
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]); (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory; (literary) carriage; (literary) sedan chair; palanquin; (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cart, palanquin, sedan chair
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
What carries the load in a carriage is called 輿. Today, a sedan chair carried on shoulders is also called 肩輿 (shoulder carriage). | The earth broadly supports things, so it is called 輿地 (the earth). Also heaven and earth are called 堪輿 (geomancy). 堪 refers to heavenly ways. 輿 refers to earthly ways. Therefore the art of reading terrain is also called 堪輿 (feng shui). Meaning determining the auspiciousness of land based on constellations and terrain. | The masses. Such as public opinion is called 輿論 (public opinion). Based on the recitations of the common people in "Zuozhuan."
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