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Kanji Detail for 黛 - "eyebrow pencil, eyebrow, blue-black"
黛
- Meaning
黛 means "eyebrow pencil, eyebrow, blue-black."
Eyebrow pencil - Dark ink for drawing eyebrows.
Eyebrow - The arch of hair above the eye.
Blue-black - A deep, dark color like mountains.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
blackened eyebrows
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
blacken eyebrows; black
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to blacken one's eyebrows; black
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The black color that ancient women used to paint their eyebrows. Hence cosmetics are called 粉黛. | 青黛 (indigo). A medicine name. The fine particles that float on top of indigo dye. Its color is deep blue-green. Hence deep blue-green is also called 黛.
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