Noun
hired thief taker (Edo period); private detective; private secret policeman
Historical term
Also written 目明かし【めあかし】、目明【めあかし】
Characters in this word
2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 |
明
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (34)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4c4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 6702.0 | Four corner code |
| 3846 | deroo |
| 660e | Unicode hex code |
| 1-44-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2110 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2435 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 855 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1060 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 572 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 756 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 20 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 20 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 84 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 623 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 58 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 13805 | Morohashi |
| 208 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 18 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 18 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 141 | sakade |
| 186 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 228 | henshall3 |
| 167 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 152 | crowley |
| 106 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 3.9 | busy_people |
| 984 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 20 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| ming2 | Pinyin reading |
| myeong | Korean reading |
| n4 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 6 | WaniKani level |