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Kanji Detail for 鞅 - "breast strap, girth, resent, carry"

  • Meaning

    鞅 means "breast strap, girth, resent, carry."

    1. Breast strap - A leather strap placed around a horse's or ox's neck.

    2. Girth - A belly band for a horse.

    3. Resent - To feel discontent.

    4. Carry - To bear on one's shoulders.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    martingale; breast harness; saddle girth; fetter; shackle; carry on back

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    leather strap over horse's neck

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    martingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅[yang1 yang1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    the strap over a horse's neck

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

    Leather straps around a horse's neck. Used for pulling carriages. | 鞅掌. Toil and trouble. The Book of Odes says: "Some are busy with the king's affairs."
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