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Kanji Detail for 襖 - "sliding door"

襖

  • Meaning

    襖 means "sliding door." Also associated with jacket, open-sided garment.

    1. Jacket - A padded garment; wadded clothing.

    2. Open-sided garment - Clothing with open sides.

    3. Sliding door - A paper-covered sliding door; fusuma.

  • Tattoo check: 襖

    • Verified meaning: sliding door
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: jacket, open-sided garment

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    opaque sliding door

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    outer garments; coat, jacket

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    coat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    coat, jacket, outerware

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    袍襖 (robe and jacket). Long ones are called 袍 (robe). Short ones are called 襖 (jacket).

  • Onyomi

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    oh(オウ) オウ

  • Kunyomi

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    ao(あお) あお

    fusuma(ふすま) ふすま

  • Strokes

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    衣 衤 (koromo・koromohen)

  • Related Keywords

    jacket open-sided garment sliding door cotton fusuma padded clothing screen partition room divider interior traditional

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