Entry
  1. Noun

    curly hair; curled hair

    彼女の髪は美しい巻き髪になっていた。
    Her hair hung in neat coils.

Also written 巻髪【まきがみ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)

Kun
ま.くまきま.き
On
カンケン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
944 of 2500
Radical
oneself
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-6-3, 4-9-2SKIP code
0a9.11The Kanji Dictionary
9071.7Four corner code
1056deroo
5dfbUnicode hex code
1-20-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1466Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1545New Nelson (John Haig)
2645New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3273Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1691Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2298Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1207Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1292Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
636A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
975Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
885Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8759PMorohashi
826A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
507Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
516Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
493Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
841henshall3
878Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
715Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
555Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
juan4, juan3Pinyin reading
gweonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level
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hair of the head

Kun
かみ
On
ハツ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1474 of 2500
Radical
hair
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Used in names as

がたひげ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-10-4SKIP code
3j11.3The Kanji Dictionary
7244.7Four corner code
3467deroo
9aeaUnicode hex code
1-40-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5255Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6804New Nelson (John Haig)
2846New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3528Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1821Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2477Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1924Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2074Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1344A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1224Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
45387PMorohashi
1706A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1148Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1201Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1018Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1745Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1359Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1925Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1943Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fa4Pinyin reading
balKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level