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籤: inscribed bamboo stick

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籤 [签] qiān


: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc)
: small wood sliver
: label; tag

Kun Reading

籤 | くじ kuji

noun
: lottery; lot

籤 | ひご higo

noun
: (usually written using kana only) thin strip of bamboo

On Reading

籤 |せん sen

noun
: slip (of paper);
: tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label

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離: to depart from; from

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離 [离] lí

verb | preposition
: to leave; to part from; to be away from
: (in giving distances) from
: without (something); independent of
: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire; ☲

Kun Reading

離す | はなす hanasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

離れ | はなれ hanare

prefix
: detached (dwelling, room)

離れ | ばなれ banare

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: separation from; loss of interest in; independence of; distancing (of oneself) from; disillusionment with; alienation from (something)

離れる | はなれる hanareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be separated; to be apart; to be distant
: to leave; to go away
: to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up
: to lose connection with; to drift away from

離しょう | りしょう rishou

noun
: syneresis [contraction of two vowels into a diphthong. Syneresis (chemistry), extraction or expulsion of a liquid from a gel]

On Reading

離 | り ri

noun
: li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

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