10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N2

incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

Kun'yomi
  • to suffer
  • to cover
  • to put on (one's head) ②to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.) ③to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.) ④to close
  • to cover (with something) ②to put on (e.g. someone's head) ③to pour liquid (on something) ④to plate (something) with metal
On'yomi
  • indicates the target of an activity
Nanori
  • ぎぬ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

96.0%
こうむ 3.1%
かぶかぶせる 0.9%
おお 0.1%

Character Breakdown

incur, cover, veil
ヒ こうむ.る かぶ.る (7th, N2)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
pelt, skin, hide
かわ ヒ (3rd, N2)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

indicates the target of an activity
(suffering) damage
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.) ②examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
(photographic) subject
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References

Unicode hex code 88AB
JIS X 0208 1-40-79
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4225
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5445
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1163
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1495
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 790
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Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 807
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 870
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 852
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1410
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 34222
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1729
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 976
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1009
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 881
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1390
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1145
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1631
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 815
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5e5.3
Four corner code 3424.7
De Roo Code 667