Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
Idiomatic expression
目から鱗が落ちた。I can see the light.
Also written 目からウロコが落ちる【めからうろこがおちる】、目からうろこが落ちる【めからうろこがおちる】
Characters in this word
3目
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
- Kun
- め-めま-
- On
- モクボク
- Strokes
- 5
- Taught
- Grade 1
- JLPT
- N4
- Frequency
- 76 of 2500
- Radical
- 目 eye
- WaniKani
- Level 2
Built from
Used in names as
さかんさがんさっかさつか
Dictionary and index codes (34)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 3-3-2, 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 5c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 6010.1 | Four corner code |
| 3979 | deroo |
| 76ee | Unicode hex code |
| 1-44-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 3127 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3906 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3043 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3777 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1927 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 15 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 15 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 65 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 191 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 22 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 23105 | Morohashi |
| 72 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 55 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 55 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 25 | sakade |
| 75 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 30 | henshall3 |
| 48 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 91 | crowley |
| 168 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 3.11 | busy_people |
| 1376 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 15 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| mu4 | Pinyin reading |
| mog | Korean reading |
| n4 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 2 | WaniKani level |
鱗
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (14)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-11-13, 1-11-12 | SKIP code |
| 11a13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2935.9 | Four corner code |
| 9c57 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-46-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5334 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6923 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2375 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1668 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2054 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2211 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 46502 | Morohashi |
| lin2 | Pinyin reading |
| rin | Korean reading |
落
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3k9.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4416.4 | Four corner code |
| 1977 | deroo |
| 843d | Unicode hex code |
| 1-45-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4003 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 5130 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2318 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2907 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1494 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2019 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 299 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 320 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 393 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1733 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 557 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 31362P | Morohashi |
| 408 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 839 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 858 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 330 | sakade |
| 869 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 431 | henshall3 |
| 414 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 327 | crowley |
| 280 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 664 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 305 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| luo4, la4, lao4 | Pinyin reading |
| rag | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 10 | WaniKani level |