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Kanji Detail for 殊 - "special, different, unique"

  • Meaning

    殊 means "special, different, unique."

    1. Different - Unlike others; not the same.

    2. Especially - Particularly; specifically.

    3. To separate - To divide; to distinguish.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    particularly; especially; exceptionally

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    different, special, unusual

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different; (bound form) special; remarkable; (literary) very; extremely

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    different, special, unusual

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

    To sever. To cut off. As in "killed but not severed" (殺而未殊), meaning the head is not yet severed. Also 殊死 (capital punishment), meaning decisive death. | Different. As in "the scenery is not different" (風景不殊), meaning no different from before. | An auxiliary word with the meaning of extreme or very. Also explained as meaning "absolutely." As in "extremely good" is 殊佳; "extremely different" is 殊異.
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