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Kanji Detail for 沿 - "along, follow, beside"
沿
- Meaning
沿 means "along, follow, beside."
Along - Following the course of; beside.
Follow - To go according to; to comply.
Edge - The border; the margin.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
run alongside; follow along; run along; lie along
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
follow a course, go along
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to follow a course, to go along
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Going downstream along the water. Being beside the water is also called 沿. | To follow. As in "following along to become a custom" (相沿成例).
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Sentences including 沿
He said ,'' let's take a walk along the river.''
Our house stands by the road.
He walked along the river.
John took a walk along the river.
If you follow this street , you will get to the station.
We took a walk along the riverbank.
I walked along the river.
The post office is down the street.
We walked slowly along the road.
The street runs along the river.