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Kanji Detail for 輿 - "palanquin, earth"

輿

  • Meaning

    輿 means "palanquin, earth." Also associated with many.

    1. Palanquin - A carried vehicle for passengers.

    2. Many - Numerous; multitudes.

    3. Earth - The ground that supports all things.

  • Words using 輿

    • 神輿 みこし Listen mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin

  • Tattoo check: 輿

    • Verified meaning: palanquin, earth
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こし, はじ)
    • Also carries these associations: many

    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 輿

    Surnames 輿(こし)Listen 輿(はじ)Listen

  • 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."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yo(ヨ) ヨ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kago(かご) かご

    koshi(こし) こし

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    車 (kuruma・kurumahen)

  • Related Keywords

    palanquin many earth carry platform servant litter sedan chair carriage procession ceremonial land ground multitudes numerous nobility passengers

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