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Kanji Detail for 鳩 - "dove, peace, gather"
鳩
- Meaning
鳩 means "dove, peace, gather."
Dove - A bird of the pigeon family.
To gather - To collect; to unite.
To calm - To stabilize; to settle.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pigeon; dove
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pigeon, dove; collect, assemble
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
turtledove; (literary) to gather
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
pigeon; to collect, to assemble
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A type of bird. Small head with protruding chest. Short tail. Large long wings. Good at flying. Such as turtle doves and spotted doves are all called 鳩鴿類 (dove family). Their nature is clumsy at nest-building. Hence also used as a metaphor for those unable to manage household affairs. Also, as a bird that doesn't choke, in ancient times the handles of elderly people's canes were carved in dove shape. Found in the "Book of Later Han." | To gather. As in saying construction work is 鳩工庀材 (gathering workers and materials). | 鳩胸. Chest protruding like a dove. Also, starving people are described as 鳩形鵠面 (dove-shaped with crane face). Meaning the abdomen is sunken while the chest bone protrudes.
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