Entry
  1. Noun

    downy hair; down; vellus hair; peach fuzz; fluff

    孵化後まもないヒナは、産毛が濡れていますが、2時間もすると乾いてフワフワになります。
    The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy.
  2. lanugo

Also written うぶ毛【うぶげ】生毛【うぶげ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

Kun
う.むう.まれるうぶ-む.す
On
サン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
161 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

もと

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-6-5, 2-2-9, 2-4-7SKIP code
5b6.4The Kanji Dictionary
0021.4Four corner code
472deroo
7523Unicode hex code
1-27-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3354Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3716New Nelson (John Haig)
3298New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4089Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2075Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2812Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1560Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1681Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
142A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1520Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
317Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21684PMorohashi
491A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
278Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
278Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
408sakade
218Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
518henshall3
567Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
92crowley
574Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1328Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1574Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chan3Pinyin reading
sanKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fur, hair, feather, down

Kun
On
モウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1179 of 2500
Radical
fur
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

めん

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3, 4-4-4SKIP code
0a4.33The Kanji Dictionary
2071.4Four corner code
2256deroo
6bdbUnicode hex code
1-44-51JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2473Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3013New Nelson (John Haig)
3453New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4264Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2152Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2904Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1913Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2062Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
521A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
117Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
125Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16772Morohashi
210A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
287Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
287Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
142sakade
661Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
230henshall3
103Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
490Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1147Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1932Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mao2Pinyin reading
moKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level