Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb

    something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage

    詐欺師は新たに人をだますまえに、目隠し、すなわち、人をだますテクニックを磨く。
    A confidence man polishes his "hood winking" or "eye-washing" techniques before bilking a new victim.
  2. concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

Also written 目かくし【めかくし】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

Kun
-めま-
On
モクボク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
76 of 2500
Radical
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)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-1SKIP code
5c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.1Four corner code
3979deroo
76eeUnicode hex code
1-44-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3127Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3906New Nelson (John Haig)
3043New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3777Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
65A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
191Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
22Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23105Morohashi
72A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
55Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25sakade
75Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
30henshall3
48Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
91crowley
168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
1376Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
15Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mu4Pinyin reading
mogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

conceal, hide, cover

Kun
かく.すかく.しかく.れるよ.る
On
インオン
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1089 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

がくし

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
2d11.3The Kanji Dictionary
7223.7Four corner code
3658deroo
96a0Unicode hex code
1-17-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5020Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6480New Nelson (John Haig)
713New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
873Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
502Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
645Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1313Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1410Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1511A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2074Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1374Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41836PMorohashi
1014A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
868Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
887Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1881Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1740Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1235Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
749Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1322Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin3Pinyin reading
eunKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level