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Kanji Detail for 闢 - "open, reject"

  • Meaning

    闢 means "open, reject."

    1. Open - To unlock; to release.

    2. Reject - To dismiss; to remove.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    open

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    open; settle, develop, open up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    open; to settle, to develop, to open up

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

    To open. Opening a door is called 闢. | To expand is called 闢. The Book of Odes says: "Daily expanding the country by a hundred li." | To cultivate is called 闢. The Mencius says: "Entering his territory, the land is cultivated." | To refute another's theory is called 闢. As in 闢佛 (refuting Buddhism) and the like.
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