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Kanji Detail for 辟 - "punishment, ruler, avoid, summon, biased"
辟
- Meaning
辟 means "punishment, ruler, avoid, summon, biased."
Punishment - A crime; a penalty.
Ruler - A sovereign; an emperor.
Avoid - To evade; to dodge.
Summon - To call forth.
Biased - Partial; unjust.
Open - To develop; to expand.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
false; punish; crime; law
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
law, rule; open up, develop
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service; (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]); (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
law, rule; to open up, to develop
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Ruler. Both the emperor and feudal lords are called 辟. "Book of Documents, Great Plan" says "Only the ruler can create blessings. Only the ruler can create punishments." | To summon. Such as 三徵七辟 (summoned three times and invited seven times). | Criminal law. Such as calling capital punishment 大辟 (great punishment). Expression from "Book of Documents." | The meaning of removing. Same as saying 辟除 (eliminate). "Mencius" says "Walking aside to avoid people is acceptable." Also avoiding something is called 辟. Such as 辟易數里 (retreating several li). Appears in "Records of the Grand Historian." | Being well-practiced in ceremony but lacking sincerity. "Analects" says "Shi is 辟."
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