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Kanji Detail for 駿 - "swift horse, great"

駿

  • Meaning

    駿 means "swift horse, great." Also associated with superior.

    1. Swift horse - A fast, excellent horse.

    2. Superior - Excellent; outstanding; surpassing others.

    3. Great - Large; grand; magnificent.

    4. Quick - Fast; rapid; speedy.

    5. Steep - Severe; precipitous; rugged.

  • Origin of 駿

    馬, the horse, beside 夋, which lends the reading shun: a fine, swift horse. It names Suruga province — 駿河 — whose side of Mount Fuji was the 表口, the front approach.

    How to remember it: A horse 馬 bred for speed — the swift one.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 駿

    • Verified meaning: swift horse, great
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しゅん, しゅんじ, すぐる, すすむ)
    • Also carries these associations: superior

    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 駿

    Given names 駿(しゅん)Listen 駿(すぐる)Listen 駿(すすむ)Listen 駿(たかし)Listen 駿(とし)Listen 駿(はやお)Listen 駿(はやし)Listen

    Surnames 駿(しゅんじ)Listen 駿(たか)Listen 駿(はやと)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    a good horse; speed; a fast person

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    excellent horse, noble steed

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    spirited horse

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    an excellent horse; a noble steed

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

    A fine name for a horse. All terms for things being tall, large, or fast use this as a metaphor.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shun(シュン) シュン

    sun(スン) スン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sugu.reru(すぐ-れる) すぐ-れる

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    馬 (uma・umahen)

  • Related Keywords

    swift horse superior great outstanding quick steep strict excellent exceptional elite gallop equine noble magnificent remarkable champion gifted agility racing mount

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