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Kanji Detail for 鼠 - "mouse"
鼠
- Meaning
鼠 means "mouse."
Mouse - A mammal of the family Muridae; a rat.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
rat; mouse; dark gray
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) rat; mouse
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
rat, mouse
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A small animal. Lives in holes in people's houses. Relies on stealing food to survive. Its reproductive ability is very strong. At one hundred days old, it can bear offspring. Four litters per year. Five to ten per litter. Various countries, because it serves as a medium for transmitting plague, and the damage to utensils and granary grain nationwide is statistically enormous, therefore always pay attention to catching and exterminating them. | 游移兩可 (indecisive) is called 首鼠 (rat-headed). As in 首鼠兩端 (hesitating between two options). The phrase comes from "Records of the Grand Historian."
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