Kanji Detail for 憚 - "hesitate, hesitation"

憚

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

憚 means "hesitate, hesitation."
1. Hesitate - To be reluctant; to fear; to avoid.
2. Hesitation - Reservation; a toilet (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hesitate; shrink; awe

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

dread, shrink from, shirk, fear

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

dread; fear; dislike

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to fear, to dread; to dislike, to avoid

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

To fear. Such as 肆無忌憚. | To shrink from difficulty. (Analects) "Do not fear to correct your faults."
Onyomi

ta(タ)

tan(タン)
Kunyomi

habaka.ru(はばかる)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

心忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)
Related Keywords

hesitate reluctant fear avoid hesitation reservation toilet

憎まれっ子世に憚る。
Ill weeds grow apace.
どの家も人に憚る秘密がある。
Every family has a skeleton in the closet.
過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。
It's never too late to make amends.
どう思うって・・・それじゃあ忌憚のない意見を言わせてもらうけどね。
What do I think, you say ... well then, I'll give you my candid opinion.