Kanji Detail for 蹄 - "hoof"

蹄

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

蹄 means "hoof." Also associated with trap.
1. Hoof - The hard foot of horses and cattle.
2. Trap - A snare for catching rabbits.
Tattoo check: 蹄
- Verified meaning: hoof
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read ひずめ, ひづめ)
- Also carries these associations: trap
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 蹄

Surnames 蹄(ひずめ) 蹄(ひづめ)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hoof

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hoof; horse

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

hoof; pig's trotters

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

hoof; pig's trotter

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

An animal's foot. "Mencius" says "The paths of animal hooves and bird tracks."
Onyomi

tei(テイ)
Kunyomi

hidume(ひでゅめ)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

足 (ashi・ashihen)
Related Keywords

hoof trap horseshoe hooves cloven animal foot sole