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Kanji Detail for 袴 - "hakama, trousers"

袴

  • Meaning

    袴 means "hakama, trousers."

    1. Hakama - Traditional Japanese divided skirt covering waist to ankles.

    2. Trousers - Pants; leg coverings.

  • Tattoo check: 袴

    • Verified meaning: hakama, trousers
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はかま)

    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 袴

    Surnames 袴(はかま)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    men's formal divided skirt

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pants; trousers; panties

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 褲|裤[ku4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pants, trousers; panties

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

    ku(ク) ク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hakama(はかま) はかま

    zubon(ずぼん) ずぼん

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    衣 衤 (koromo・koromohen)

  • Related Keywords

    hakama trousers pants skirt garment attire formal japanese traditional samurai martial arts

Sentences including 袴

  • Shoemakers' children go barefoot.

  • Tom came to the coming-of-age ceremony in super flashy haori and hakama.

  • "What will you wear for graduation ceremony? Long-sleeved kimono? Hakama? Suit?" "Long-sleeved kimono and suit can be worn even if it's not a graduation ceremony, so maybe hakama."

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