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Kanji Detail for 髪 - "hair"

  • Meaning

    髪 means "hair." Also associated with very little, length unit.

    1. Hair - Head hair; hair on the head.

    2. Very little - A tiny amount as a metaphor.

    3. Length unit - One hundredth of an inch.

  • Words using

    • 白髪 しらが Listen white hair; grey hair; gray hair
    • 髪の毛 かみのけ Listen hair (on the head); (a) hair
    • 理髪 りはつ Listen haircut
    • 髪型 かみがた Listen hair style; coiffure; hairdo
    • 頭髪 とうはつ Listen hair (on the head)
    • 散髪 さんぱつ Listen (having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing
    • 間一髪 かんいっぱつ Listen hair's breadth
    • 前髪 まえがみ Listen forelock; bangs
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 危機一髪 ききいっぱつ Listen by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go
    • 弊衣蓬髪 へいいほうはつ Listen unkempt hair and shabby clothes
    • 怒髪衝天 どはつしょうてん Listen being in a towering rage; boiling with rage
    • 握髪吐哺 あくはつとほ Listen (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)
    • 身体髪膚 しんたいはっぷ Listen entire human body; every inch of one's body
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: hair
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひげ)
    • Also carries these associations: very little, length unit

    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

    Surnames (ひげ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hair of the head

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hair

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 髮|发
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Her hair is long.

  • Your hair wants cutting.

  • Her hair became gray with the years.

  • She was busy doing her hair.

  • His hair style is behind the time.

  • That dress matches her red hair.

  • Comb your hair before you go out.

  • She always keeps her hair clean.

  • That girl who has long hair is judy.

  • I'd like you to cut my hair.

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