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On'yomi
コウ
KOU
Kun'yomi
さら・さら.に・ふ.ける・ふ.かす
sara / sarani / fukeru / fukasu
grow late · night watch · sit up late · of course · renew · renovate · again · more and more · further
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Strokes7
Frequency#861
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Strokes7
Component Breakdown
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一日乂
one + sun + 乂
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of third and strike. Striking to change.
Symbolism
Renewal, change, further. Represents changing.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Silence of the night
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
自力更生
じりきこうせい
working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help; working out one's salvation by own efforts
Proverbs & Idioms
更に上を目指す
さらにうえをめざす
To aim even higher
Striving for greater heights
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
やすらはで 寝なましものを さ夜更けて かたぶくまでの 月を見しかな
Poem #59 from Hyakunin Isshu
赤染衛門Akazome Emon
11th century