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Kanji Detail for 駁 - "dappled, mix, refute"

駁

  • Meaning

    駁 means "dappled, mix, refute."

    1. Dappled - Having patches of different colors; a piebald horse.

    2. Mix - To intermingle.

    3. Refute - To argue against; to contradict.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    refutation; contradiction

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    varicolored, variegated; mixed; contradict, argue; suddenly

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    variegated, motley; to refuse, to dispute

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

    Not pure in color. Originally referring to horses. Today applied to all things. As in 斑駁陸離 (variegated). | Things being mixed and disorderly. As in 駁雜 (heterogeneous). | Opposing another's argument and pointing out its faults. As in 辨駁 (refute), 批駁 (criticize) and the like. Also written as 駮. | Colloquially, loading and unloading cargo is called 駁. As in 駁船 (barge), 駁岸 (wharf).
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    dappled having patches colors piebald horse mix intermingle refute argue against contradict

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