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Kanji Detail for 斥 - "to reject"

斥

  • Meaning

    斥 means "to reject." Also associated with to expel, to investigate.

    1. Reject - To refuse to accept; to turn away.

    2. Expel - To drive out; to push away.

    3. Investigate - To probe or scout secretly.

    4. Point - To indicate or designate.

  • Words using 斥

    • 排斥 はいせき Listen rejection; expulsion; boycott

  • Tattoo check: 斥

    • Verified meaning: to reject
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すみあき, すみお, すみとし, すみとも)
    • Also carries these associations: to expel, to investigate

    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 斥

    Surnames 斥(すみあき)Listen 斥(すみお)Listen 斥(すみとし)Listen 斥(すみとも)Listen 斥(すみひろ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to scold, upbraid, accuse, reproach

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to blame; to reprove; to reprimand; to expel; to oust; to reconnoiter; (of territory) to expand; saline marsh

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach

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

    To reject, expel. Such as 斥逐 (to banish). | To criticize. Such as 訶斥 (to rebuke), 指斥 (to censure). | To discover, reveal. 充斥 means to appear in great numbers. From "Zuo Zhuan" (Commentary of Zuo). Now generally means things are overflowing, as in 充斥. | To scout, observe. Such as 斥候, meaning military scouts. | To expand, open up. Expanding borders is called 斥土.

  • Onyomi

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    seki(セキ) セキ

  • Kunyomi

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    shirizo.keru(しりぞ-ける) しりぞ-ける

  • Strokes

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    5 strokes

  • Radical

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    斤 (onozukuri・ono・kin)

  • Related Keywords

    to reject to expel to investigate make retreat point dismiss deny refuse repudiate exclude rebuff repulse drive out examine probe

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