Kanji Detail for 衲 - "mend, robe, monk"

衲

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
衲 means "mend, robe, monk."
1. Mend - To repair; to patch.
2. Robe - A garment worn by Buddhist monks.
3. Monk - A Buddhist priest.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

mend; priestly vestments; priest

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

mend, sew, patch; line; quilt

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

cassock; to line

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to sew, to mend; quilt; patch; cassock

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

To patch. Meaning to sew together. Therefore monk's robes are called 衲. Monks also refer to themselves as 衲.
Onyomi

doh(どう)

nou(のう)
Kunyomi

koromo(ころも)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

衣衤 (koromo・koromohen)
Related Keywords
mend repair patch robe garment worn buddhist monks monk priest