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Kanji Detail for 颯 - "swift wind, brisk"

颯

  • Meaning

    颯 means "swift wind, brisk." Also associated with refreshing.

    1. Swift wind - A sudden gust of wind.

    2. Brisk - Quick and energetic.

    3. Refreshing - Invigorating and fresh.

  • Four-character idioms with 颯

    • 英姿颯爽 えいしさっそう Listen cutting a fine (dashing, gallant, noble) figure

  • Tattoo check: 颯

    • Verified meaning: swift wind, brisk
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いぶき, さつき, そう, そよか)
    • Also carries these associations: refreshing

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 颯

    Given names 颯(いぶき)Listen 颯(さつき)Listen 颯(そう)Listen 颯(そよか)Listen 颯(はやて)Listen 颯(ふう)Listen 颯(るか)Listen

    Surnames 颯(りゅう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sudden; quick; sound of the wind

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    the sound of the wind; bleak; melancholy

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sound of wind; valiant; melancholy

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bleak; melancholy; the howl of the wind

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

    The sound of wind. | Declining. As in describing plants and trees declining as 蕭颯.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    satsu(サツ) サツ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sa.tto(さ-っと) さ-っと

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    風 (kaze)

  • Related Keywords

    swift wind brisk refreshing energetic movement quick agile blow breeze dynamic fast fleet gust invigorating lively nimble rapid speedy spirited draft

Sentences including 颯

  • The cat climbed lightly over the wall.

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