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Kanji Detail for 徽 - "emblem, good"

徽

  • Meaning

    徽 means "emblem, good." Also associated with rope.

    1. Emblem - A mark; a banner symbol.

    2. Good - Excellent; beautiful.

    3. Rope - A cord; a string.

  • Tattoo check: 徽

    • Verified meaning: emblem, good
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きそう)
    • Also carries these associations: rope

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 徽

    Surnames 徽(きそう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    good; beautiful; badge

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a badge, insignia

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 徽[hui1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    badge, crest, logo, insignia

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

    Beautiful. Such as praising others as 音徽, 風徽. Their good deeds that spread are called 遺徽. | A banner. Such as kings changing the calendar and changing the 徽號. 徽 refers to flags. Now, badges are called 徽章. Others' courtesy names are also called 徽號. All meanings of identification. | A rope. A three-stranded rope is 徽. The qin tuning pegs are originally called 徽, meaning the string-tying rope. | The markers on a qin are called 徽. Using the full length of the qin, reducing by one-third, then increasing by one-third, alternately to determine the positions of the five notes. The marker points are 徽. A full string has thirteen 徽.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shirushi(しるし) しるし

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彳 (gyonimben)糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    emblem good rope symbol mark badge crest banner cord ensign insignia seal flag

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