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Kanji Detail for 鬮 - "seize, lot"

  • Meaning

    鬮 means "seize, lot."

    1. Seize - To fight and take.

    2. Lot - A fortune slip; a method of deciding by drawing.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lottery; lot; raffle

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lots (to be drawn); draw lots

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    chance, risk; to draw lots

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

    To select by lot. When using objects to determine yes or no for a matter, it is called 探鬮 (drawing lots). Colloquially, secretly writing on paper rolls to determine yes or no is also called 拈鬮 (picking lots).
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