髭

17 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

beard, mustache

Kun'yomi
  • ひげ
    		mustache ②whiskers (on a cat, etc.) ③shadow (on a candlestick chart)
  • くちひげ
On'yomi
  • シ

Main Radical

髟(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ひげ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

beard, mustache
ひげ　シ　くちひげ (Kentei Pre-1)
hair hanging long, mane, long hair radical (no.190)
ヒュウ　ヒョウ (Kentei 1)
long, leader, superior
チョウ　なが.い　おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン　セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
this, current, next
シ　この　これ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

　
ちょ
　
び
ひげ
髭
small mustache
ひげ
髭
そ
剃
　
り
shaving
つ
付
　
け
ひげ
髭
false mustache
ひげ
髭
づら
面
bearded face
　
カ
　
イ
　
ゼ
　
ル
ひげ
髭
handlebar mustache
てん
天
じん
神
ひげ
髭
drooping mustache
はち
八
じ
字
ひげ
髭
finely trimmed mustache
ほお
頬
ひげ
髭
whiskers
　
ナ
　
マ
　
ズ
ひげ
髭
drooping mustache
かま
鎌
ひげ
髭
sickle-shaped mustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
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References

Unicode hex code 9AED
JIS X 0208 1-41-6
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5262
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6812
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2047
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2205
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2697
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 45399X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3j13.2
Four corner code 7211.1