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Kanji Detail for 儒 - "Confucian, scholar, learned"
儒
- Meaning
儒 means "Confucian, scholar, learned."
Confucian - Relating to Confucius and his teachings.
Scholar - A learned person.
Gentle - Soft and mild in manner.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
Confucian
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
Confucian scholar
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
scholar; Confucian
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
Confucian scholar
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A term for scholars. Such as 碩學通儒, meaning their learning and scholarship is beyond ordinary reach. All relating to literary matters is called 儒. Such as 風流儒雅 (elegant and refined). | Those who follow the way of Confucius. (Mencius) "Those who flee from Mohism must turn to Yangism. Those who flee from Yangism must turn to Confucianism." Today Confucianism is also called 儒教, distinguishing it from Daoism and Buddhism.
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