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Kanji Detail for 淒 - "cloud, cold, desolate"
淒
- Meaning
淒 means "cloud, cold, desolate."
Cloud - For rain clouds to form.
Cold - Chilly; frigid.
Desolate - Bleak; dreary.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bitter cold; miserable; dreary
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
bitter cold, miserable, dreary
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
intense cold; frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
bitter, cold, dreary, miserable
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Cold and chilly. The Book of Odes says: "Chilly is the wind" (淒其以風). Also, being destitute and lonely is called 淒涼 (desolate).
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