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Kanji Detail for 以 - "use, by, means"

  • Meaning

    以 means "use, by, means."

    1. Use - To employ; to utilize.

    2. By means of - Through; with.

    3. Think - To consider; to ponder.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    by means of; because; in view of; compared with

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 以[yi3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    according to; so as to; because of; then

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

    To do; to act. (Analects) "Observe what he does." Meaning to pay attention to his daily conduct. | To use. Such as 以小易大 (exchanging small for large), 以疏間親 (letting the distant alienate the close). | Because; reason. (Book of Odes) "Why is it so long? There must be a reason." Like saying the reason why it is so.
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