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Kanji Detail for 銓 - "scale, weigh, select"
銓
- Meaning
銓 means "scale, weigh, select."
Scale - A device for measuring weight.
Weigh - To measure weight; to assess degree.
Select - To choose a suitable person.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
measure; scales; weigh
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
weigh, measure; select officials
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to estimate; to select
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to weigh, to measure; to select, to elect; to estimate
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To balance. To measure. Therefore selecting officials is called 銓, meaning measuring their abilities to employ them.
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