髭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

beard, mustache

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • ひげ
  • くちひげ
Other languages
  • 拼音zi1
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-Việt

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
髟(かみがしら)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9AED

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱髟此

Words using this kanji

  • ひげmoustache, mustache, beard, whiskers
  • 髭面ひげづらbearded face, unshaven face, hairy face
  • 髭鷲ひげわしbearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), lammergeier
  • 髭剃りひげそりshaving, shaver
  • 髭もじゃひげもじゃbearded
  • 髭ペンギンひげペンギンchinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
  • 髭トリマーひげトリマーbeard trimmer

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(28 results)

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Lookup codes

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