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Kanji Detail for 掠 - "graze, skim"

掠

  • Meaning

    掠 means "graze, skim." Also associated with seize.

    1. Graze - To touch lightly in passing.

    2. Seize - To take quickly; to plunder.

    3. Skim - To pass closely over.

  • Tattoo check: 掠

    • Verified meaning: graze, skim
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: seize

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pillage; rob; graze; skim; sweep over; cheat; hint

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rob, ransack, plunder; pass by

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to pillage, to ransack

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

    To plunder. 抄掠 is robbing people's property. Such as 侵掠, 鹵掠. | Sweeping past at an angle is 掠. In calligraphy, a long left stroke is 掠. | To flog. As in 搒掠.

  • Onyomi

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    ryaku(リャク) リャク

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    kasu.meru(かす-める) かす-める

    kasu.reru(かす-れる) かす-れる

    kasu.ru(かす-る) かす-る

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    graze seize skim snatch brush past plunder grasp lightly pass glance quickly

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