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Kanji Detail for 飾 - "to decorate, decoration, ornament"

飾

  • Meaning

    飾 means "to decorate, decoration, ornament."

    1. To decorate - To enhance appearance; to adorn.

    2. Decoration - Something to make things look beautiful.

  • Words using 飾

    • 装飾 そうしょく Listen ornament; decoration
    • 飾り かざり Listen decoration; ornament; trimmings
    • 宝飾 ほうしょく Listen jewels and ornaments; jewelry; jewellery
    • 服飾 ふくしょく Listen clothing and accessories; attire
    • 着飾る きかざる Listen to dress up

  • Four-character idioms with 飾

    • 粉飾決算 ふんしょくけっさん Listen fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting

  • Tattoo check: 飾

    • Verified meaning: to decorate, decoration, ornament
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かざり)

    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.

  • Name readings of 飾

    Given names 飾(かざり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    decorate; ornament; adorn; embellish

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    decorate, ornament, adorn; to deceive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    decoration; ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to decorate, to adorn; ornament

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

    Adding ornamentation after something is made. Lacquering, painting, carving, and the like are all such. Therefore things chosen for their beauty are called 飾. As in 服飾 (clothing), 首飾 (jewelry). | 粉飾. Meaning something has no substance but only appearances. As in 粉飾太平 (whitewash the peace). | To pretend. As in 飾詞, 飾說 (excuse), 矯情飾貌 (feigning emotion) and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoku(ショク) ショク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kaza.ru(かざ-る) かざ-る

    kazari(かざ-り) かざ-り

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    食 飠 (shoku・shokuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    to decorate ornament adorn embellish display decoration garnish accessory beautify dress up trim

Sentences including 飾

  • They adorned the room with flowers.

  • She adorned her dress with flowers.

  • I like to adorn her room with flowers.

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