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禿

禿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 頭に毛がない、はげ。
  2. 頭から毛が抜ける、はげる。
  3. 帽子などをかぶらず、頭がむき出しの。
  4. （日本）かむろ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「秀」の下部を「人」に入れ替えた異体字。のち仮借して「はげる」を意味する漢語｛禿｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

become bald, bare, wear out, waste away, little girl employed at a brothel

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トク
Kun (native)
  • ちび(る)
  • かむろ
  • は(げる)
  • はげ
Other languages
  • 拼音tu1
  • 한글dog
  • Hán-ViệtNgốc

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
禾(のぎ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+79BF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱禾儿

Words using this kanji

  • 禿はげbaldness, bald head, bald person, baldy
  • 禿びちびsmall child, pipsqueak, small fry, small, cute versions of manga, anime, etc. characters, typically with oversized heads
  • 禿げるはげるto lose hair, to become bald, to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
  • 禿かぶろchildren's hairstyle of short untied hair, child with short untied hair, young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period), baldness
  • 禿鷹はげたかはげたかの漢字表記。vulture, condor
  • 禿頭はげあたま頭髪が抜け禿げた頭。禿髪。bald head, baldness
  • 禿鷲はげわしOld World vulture
  • 禿同はげどう投稿に対する同意を表す語。I strongly agree
  • 禿瘡とくそうしらくも。alopecia areata
  • 禿髪とくはつ髪の毛が抜け、頭がはげること。baldness, balding, bald head
  • 禿筆とくひつ穂先が擦り減った筆。 自分が作成した文章を謙遜する語。worn-out brush, my poor writing
  • 禿頭病とくとうびょう頭髪が何らかの原因で異常に抜け落ちる病気。脱毛症。alopecia, loss of hair
  • 禿びるちびるto get blunt, to dull, to wear out
  • 禿尖鼠ちびとがりねずみEurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus), lesser pygmy shrew
  • 禿尾土竜ちびおもぐらHimalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura)
  • 禿袋鼯鼠ちびふくろももんがfeather-tailed glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), feathertail glider, flying mouse, pygmy gliding possum
  • 禿げ茶瓶はげちゃびんはげあたま。その人。bald head, balding head
  • 禿鷹ファンドはげたかファンドvulture fund, fund that buys distressed stocks at low prices and sells for a profit

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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