8 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess

Kun'yomi
  • to flatter
  • corner ②shade ③dark circles (under the eyes) ④shading
On'yomi
  • first Sanskrit alphabet letter ②Africa ③prefixed to names to show intimacy
Nanori
  • ほとり
  • あず
  • あわ
  • おか
  • きた

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

おもね 64.5%
35.4%
あわ 0.0%

Character Breakdown

Africa, flatter, fawn upon
おもね.る ア あわ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
can, passable, mustn't
カ コク -べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Contained In

Common Words

timeserving
Avici (lowest level of hell)
Amitabha (Buddha) ②ghostleg lottery ③wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
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References

Unicode hex code 963F
JIS X 0208 1-16-4
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4985
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6435
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 346
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 408
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 256
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 305
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1295
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1391
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1515
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 569
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 41599
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2258
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1304
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2d5.6
Four corner code 7122.0