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Kanji Detail for 鑾 - "bell, imperial carriage, emperor"
鑾
- Meaning
鑾 means "bell, imperial carriage, emperor."
Bell - A bell attached to the emperor's carriage.
Imperial carriage - The emperor's vehicle.
Emperor - The sovereign.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bells on emperor's carriage
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
small tinkling bell; bells hung on horse
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
imperial
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
bells hung on a horse; imperial
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
鑾鈴. On the front of the emperor's carriage is a phoenix bird with a bell in its mouth. Found in "Notes on the Present and Past." Therefore the emperor's carriage is called 鑾. In Qing, there was the 鑾儀衛, specialists in carriage and ceremonial equipment. 隨鑾 (accompanying the imperial carriage), 迎鑾 (welcoming the imperial carriage) and the like all have this meaning.
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