枕
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
pillow
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- チン
- シン
- Kun (native)
- まくらJHS
- Other languages
- 拼音zhen3
- 拼音zhen4
- 한글chim
- Hán-ViệtChẩm
- Hán-ViệtChấm
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 8 strokes
- Radical
- 木(き)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+6795
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木冘
Words using this kanji
- 枕まくら（まくら）就寝時の首や肩への負担を軽減することや、髪形を乱さないなどの目的で、寝る際に、床面から少し頭を持ち上げ固定することに用いられる寝具。pillow, bolster, introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in
- 枕詞まくらことば「まくらことば」を参照。pillow word, preface, introduction
- 枕絵まくらえ男女の性交（性行為）を描いた絵画。春画。笑い絵。erotic picture
- 枕辺まくらべ寝ている枕の辺り。。bedside
- 枕元まくらもとbedside, near one's pillow
- 枕木まくらぎ(railway) sleeper, (railroad) tie, crosstie
- 枕席ちんせき枕と敷物。寝具。寝床。bedding, bed
- 枕頭ちんとうbedside
- 枕銭まくらぜにpillow money, pillow tip, tip left by the pillow for the room maid
- 枕籍ちんせきbedding, bed, to sleep together in the same bed, to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow
- 枕経まくらぎょうsutra recitation at the bedside of a deceased person, pillow sutra
- 枕飯まくらめしcooked rice placed at the bedside or grave of the deceased
- 枕捜しまくらさがしbedroom theft or thief
- 枕屏風まくらびょうぶbed(side) screen
- 枕投げまくらなげpillow fight
- 枕草子まくらのそうしThe Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
- 枕草紙まくらぞうしprivate diary, pillow book, book of erotic pictures
- 枕芸者まくらげいしゃ(untalented) geisha who sells sex, geisha who steals money from sleeping travellers
- 枕叩きまくらたたきpillow fight
- 枕営業まくらえいぎょう業務で付き合いのある同士が、業務上の便宜や優遇を得るために性的な関係を持つこと。trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-4-4- Four Corner
4491.2- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a4.8- Heisig
- 2034
- Nelson
- 2209