Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun or verb acting prenominally

    thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; well-handled

  2. worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed

Also written 手垢の付いた【てあかのついた】手あかのついた【てあかのついた】手あかの付いた【てあかのついた】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hand

Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dirt, grime, earwax

Kun
あかはじ
On
コウ
Strokes
9
Radical
earth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3b6.3The Kanji Dictionary
4216.1Four corner code
1477deroo
57a2Unicode hex code
1-25-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1076Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1008New Nelson (John Haig)
418Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2187Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2302Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5058Morohashi
1879Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gou4Pinyin reading
guKorean reading