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Kanji Detail for 飾 - "decorate, ornament, adorn"

飾

  • Meaning

    飾 means "decorate, ornament, adorn."

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

    2. Decoration - Something to make things look beautiful.

  • 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.
  • Onyomitip

    shoku(しょく) しょく

  • Kunyomitip

    kaza.ri(かざり) かざり

    kaza.ru(かざる) かざる

  • Strokestip

    13 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    食 飠 (shoku・shokuhen)

  • Related Keywords
    decorate decoration ornament adorn embellish beautify garnish trim dress accessorize array deck festoon grace enhance elaborate fancy pretty attractive elegant

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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