Entry
  1. Noun

    nape of the neck

    男は彼のえり首をつかんだ。
    The man seized him by the neck.

Also written えり首【えりくび】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

collar, neck, lapel, one's inner feelings

Kun
えり
On
キン
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2030 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
1-5-13SKIP code
5e13.2The Kanji Dictionary
3429.1Four corner code
641deroo
895fUnicode hex code
1-22-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4267Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5504New Nelson (John Haig)
1252New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
845Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1156Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1099Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1180Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1924A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
34647Morohashi
1181A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1537Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1639Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1733Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1905Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1637Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1108Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin1Pinyin reading
geumKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

neck, counter for songs and poems

Kun
くび
On
シュ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
98 of 2500
Radical
head
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

おびとこべ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
2o7.2The Kanji Dictionary
8060.1Four corner code
979deroo
9996Unicode hex code
1-28-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5186Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6719New Nelson (John Haig)
2265New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2818Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1452Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1956Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
70Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
74Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
208A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
920Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44489Morohashi
139A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
239sakade
281Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
155henshall3
177Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
393Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1910Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
70Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level