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Kanji Detail for 鞠 - "ball, play, nurture"
鞠
- Meaning
鞠 means "ball, play, nurture."
Ball - A leather ball; kemari (kickball).
To bend - To bow; to curve the body.
To interrogate - To question a criminal; to investigate.
To nurture - To raise; to bring up.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
ball
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
bow, bend; rear, raise, nourish
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Ju
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to bow, to bend; to nourish, to rear
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The leather ball used in games today. Kicking a ball was anciently called 蹋鞠 or 蹙鞠. | To nourish. The Book of Odes says: "Mother nourished me." | To bend. As in 鞠躬 (bowing) in ceremonies. | Same as 菊. The Book of Rites says: "Chrysanthemums have yellow flowers."
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