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Kanji Detail for 殉 - "martyr, sacrifice, devotion"
殉
- Meaning
殉 means "martyr, sacrifice, devotion."
Martyr - One who dies for a cause.
Sacrifice - To give up for a purpose.
Follow in death - To die following another.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
martyrdom; follow by resigning
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
die for cause, be martyr for
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
martyr; to die for a cause
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Using people to accompany the dead. As in burial with sacrificial victims (殉葬). | All cases of giving one's life for something are called 殉. As in dying for profit (殉利), dying for fame (殉名). Also written as 徇.
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
妻は笑って取り合いませんでしたが、何を思ったものか、突然私に、では殉死でもしたらよかろうと調戯いました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
妻の笑談を聞いて始めてそれを思い出した時、私は妻に向ってもし自分が殉死するならば、明治の精神に殉死するつもりだと答えました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
妻は笑って取り合いませんでしたが、何を思ったものか、突然私に、では殉死でもしたらよかろうと調戯いました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
妻の笑談を聞いて始めてそれを思い出した時、私は妻に向ってもし自分が殉死するならば、明治の精神に殉死するつもりだと答えました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha