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Kanji Detail for 運 - "fortune, carry, fate"

  • Meaning

    運 means "fortune, carry, fate."

    1. To carry - To move objects.

    2. To circulate - To go around.

    3. To turn - To rotate; to set in motion.

    4. Fate - Destiny; fortune.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    carry; luck; destiny; fate; lot; transport; progress; advance

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    luck, fortune; ship, transport

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to run; ship, transport; fortune, luck

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

    To revolve. Objects moving in cycles, round and round without beginning or end and without interruption is called 運. Such as saying 日月運行 (the sun and moon revolving). Appears in "Book of Changes." In terms of the human body, 運化 (digestion), 運動 (exercise) also have this meaning. | All moving things by turning wheels is called 運. Such as 運筆 (move the brush), 運甓 (move bricks), 轉運 (transport), 漕運 (water transport). Also redistributing is called 運. Such as 運用 (utilize), 運籌 (strategize). | In the past, people's good or bad fortune was called 運氣 (luck). This is fatalism. Actually incorrect.
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Sentences including

  • I do not know how to drive a car.

  • Grandmother carried the table by herself.

  • She doesn't know how to drive a car.

  • I am not experienced in driving.

  • We saw the lady carried away to the hospital.

  • It is important to drive carefully.

  • Only you can carry the bag.

  • Let me relieve you of that case.

  • People above 18 may drive.

  • It's your turn to drive.

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