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Kanji Detail for 遜 - "to escape, to yield, to be humble"
遜
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遜 means "to escape, to yield, to be humble."
To escape - To flee; to run away.
To yield - To defer to others; to put oneself after others.
To be humble - To be modest; to lower oneself.
To be inferior - To fall short; to be less than.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
humble; modest
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
humble, modest; yield
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
humble, modest; to yield
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To relinquish; to step down. As in 遜位 (abdicate). | Respectful and compliant. Being disrespectful is called 不遜. | When one thing is inferior to another, it is also called 遜.
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