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Kanji Detail for 維 - "maintain, preserve, support"
維
- Meaning
維 means "maintain, preserve, support."
To bind - To support; to tie; to connect; to maintain.
Rope - A main rope; a rope for hanging things.
Thread - Fiber; string.
Emphasis - Read as "kore" to emphasize what follows.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
fiber; tie; rope
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
maintain, preserve, safeguard
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]; surname Wei
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To tie. Such as 縶維. Preserving so as not to lose is called 維持. | A guiding rope. The main rope of a net is called 綱. Those at the four corners are called 維. The ropes at the four corners of archery targets are also called 維. (Etiquette and Rites) "Hitting between the corner and main ropes." This is it. Hence the four directions are also called 四維. Traditionally used as a term for borders. Like 天維 (heaven's borders), 坤維 (earth's borders). All are this. | All that is long and thin is called 維. Such as animal and plant fibrous material. | A particle. Same as 惟 and 唯.
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Sentences including 維
It is expensive running this car.
You had best take walks to stay in health.