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Kanji Detail for 靡 - "to sway, extravagant, fine"

靡

  • Meaning

    靡 means "to sway, extravagant, fine."

    1. Sway - To bend; to follow.

    2. Extravagant - To be lavish; to indulge.

    3. Fine - Small; minute.

    4. Not - A negative; do not.

    5. Rub - To grind; to scrape.

    6. Scatter - To disperse; to spread.

    7. Fester - To become inflamed.

  • Four-character idioms with 靡

    • 一世風靡 いっせいふうび Listen ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people
    • 萎靡沈滞 いびちんたい Listen decline of energy and vigour (vigor)

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    flutter; wave; bow to; obey; seduce

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    divide, disperse, scatter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to waste (money)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to scatter, to disperse; to divide

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

    To fall flat. Following the direction of force and all falling over. As in 從風而靡 (fall with the wind). 風靡一時 (sweeping the time like wind). | Extravagant. As in 奢靡 (extravagant), 浮靡 (frivolous) and the like. | Without. The Book of Odes says: "Without home, without family." | 靡靡. Like 遲遲 (slowly). The Book of Odes says: "Walking slowly on the journey." Also, decadent customs. The Book of Documents says: "The Shang customs are decadent."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bi(ビ) ビ

    hi(ヒ) ヒ

    mi(ミ) ミ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nabi.ku(なびく) なびく

    nai(な-い) な-い

    wa.keru(わ-ける) わ-ける

  • Strokes

    tip

    19 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    非 (arazu・hi)

  • Related Keywords

    to sway extravagant fine lavish

Sentences including 靡

  • The curtains are fluttering in the wind.

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