漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
詳: detailed, full
Also: minute, accurate, well-informed
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 羊 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 詳細しょうさいdetail
- 詳報しょうほうdetailed report; full report; details
- 不詳ふしょうunknown; unidentified; unspecified
- 詳述しょうじゅつdetailed explanation
くわしいkuwashii · kun'yomi · on its own
- 詳しいくわしいdetailed, knowledgable
Also read つまびらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 羊 family reads ヨウ (you); 詳 is read ショウ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side詳 detailed · 言
vs善 virtuous · 口In ChineseSimplified 详 · traditional, as in Japanese · xiáng
Japan keeps the traditional form 詳; mainland China simplifies it to 详.
- Simplified
- 详 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 詳 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiáng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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