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Kanji Detail for 顧 - "look back, customer, reflect"

  • Meaning

    顧 means "look back, customer, reflect."

    1. To look back - To turn around and look.

    2. To survey - To pay attention; to care.

    3. To reflect - To look back on the past; to review.

    4. To care for - To look after; to favor.

    5. On the contrary - Instead; rather.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    look back; review; examine oneself; turn around

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    look back; look at; look after

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Gu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to look back; to look at; to look after

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

    To look back. Meaning the heart is attached and cannot forget. As in having left but looking back. A parent's love for a child is called 顧復. An emperor's final edict is called 顧命. All have this meaning. Forgetting and not caring is called 不顧. | To look around carefully. As in 四顧 (look around), 兼顧 (take care of both), 顧全大局 (consider the overall situation) and the like. | To visit. Therefore a guest's visit is called 顧. As in 惠顧 (gracious visit), 枉顧 (honored visit). Shops call customers 主顧. This is the same meaning. | A transitional word. Like "but." | Like "therefore."
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