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Kanji Detail for 釐 - "govern, widow, fortune, unit, currency unit"
釐
- Meaning
釐 means "govern, widow, fortune, unit, currency unit."
Govern - To manage; to correct; to reform.
Widow - An unmarried woman; a woman whose husband has died.
Fortune - Good luck; blessing.
Unit - A measure of length, weight, or proportion; one-tenth of a bu.
Currency unit - One-tenth of a sen.
Minuscule - An extremely small number.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
few; tenth of a bu
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
manage, control; thousandth part of tael
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
one thousandth
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To govern. The meaning of putting in order. As in 釐正文體 (rectify the writing style), 清釐賬目 (sort out accounts) and the like. | A small unit of measurement. Ten 毫 make one 釐. A single unit's one-hundredth. Therefore interest rates are often calculated at five or six 釐. Also 釐金, a type of commercial tax. Five percent of the value, hence the name. Implemented after the mid-Qing period. Also abbreviated as 釐. As in 加稅免釐 (increase tax, waive lijin). | Blessing. Interchangeable with 禧. As in 延釐 means receiving blessings. Also read as 離.
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