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Kanji Detail for 鯀 - "large fish, legendary figure"
鯀
- Meaning
鯀 means "large fish, legendary figure."
Large fish - A big fish.
Legendary figure - An ancient Chinese mythical figure; the father of Emperor Yu of the Xia dynasty.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
large mythical fish; proper name
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
a legendary giant fish; father of the emperor Yu
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The name of Yu's father. He failed in controlling the floods. Shun executed him at Yushan.
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