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Kanji Detail for 霸 - "hegemon, new moon light"
霸
- Meaning
霸 means "hegemon, new moon light."
Hegemon - One who rules the land by force.
New moon light - The light of the moon after the new moon phase.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
supremacy; leadership
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
rule by might rather than right
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 霸[ba4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tyrant; to usurp, to rule by might
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The dark part of the moon. Today written as 魄. | The leader of feudal lords is called 霸. The Mencius says: "One who uses force while pretending to practice benevolence is a hegemon. A hegemon must have a great state." | Colloquially, someone domineering is called 霸. As in 霸佔 (forcefully occupy), 霸據 (dominate).
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