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Kanji Detail for 邑 - "village"

邑

  • Meaning

    邑 means "village." Also associated with capital, territory.

    1. Capital - A nation; a state.

    2. Village - A hamlet; a town.

    3. Territory - Land of rulers and nobility.

    4. To worry - To be anxious.

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    • Verified meaning: village
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くに, むら, むらさき, ゆう)
    • Also carries these associations: capital, territory

    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 邑

    Given names 邑(くに)Listen 邑(ゆう)Listen

    Surnames 邑(むら)Listen 邑(むらさき)Listen 邑(ゆうじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    area; district; city; state; Kangxi radical 163

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    city; village

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    area, district, city, state

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

    A general term for a district or region. In ancient times, one referred to one's own country as 敝邑 (my humble state). Today, a county is called 邑. Those from the same county are called 同邑. | 於邑. When breath is obstructed and cannot descend. Interchangeable with 悒.

  • Onyomi

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    yuu(ユウ) ユウ

  • Kunyomi

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    mura(むら) むら

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    capital village territory town to worry hamlet settlement community district land borough rural neighborhood municipal

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