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Kanji Detail for 閏 - "leap, extra, intercalary"
閏
- Meaning
閏 means "leap, extra, intercalary."
Leap - Extra days or months; intercalary period.
Intercalary - Additional time added to the calendar.
Extra - Beyond the ordinary; supplementary.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
intercalation; illegitimate throne
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
intercalary; extra, surplus
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
intercalary; extra, surplus
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Intercalary month or day. The lunar calendar uses Earth's orbit around the Sun for years, the Moon's orbit around Earth for months, and Earth's rotation for days. One Earth orbit around the Sun equals more than twelve and one-third Moon orbits around Earth. Therefore each year has about ten extra days. These accumulate to create intercalary months. The solar calendar uses the sun for years. One Earth orbit around the Sun equals 365 and one-quarter Earth rotations. Therefore every four years there is one extra day, placed as an intercalary day, usually added to February in the leap year.
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