Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; harbinger; forerunner

  2. opening performer

  3. Noun

    sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony

    Sumo

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dew, tears, expose, Russia

Kun
つゆ
On
ロウ
Strokes
21
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
928 of 2500
Radical
rain
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-8-13SKIP code
8d13.1The Kanji Dictionary
1016.4Four corner code
3177deroo
9732Unicode hex code
1-47-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5069Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6549New Nelson (John Haig)
2818New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2454Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1283Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1377Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1144A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1074Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42463Morohashi
1935A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
951Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
981Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1894Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1940Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
846Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1870Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1291Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lu4, lou4Pinyin reading
roKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of

Kun
はら.う-はら.い-ばら.い
On
フツヒツホツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
813 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Used in names as

はらい

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3c2.2The Kanji Dictionary
5203.0Four corner code
1371deroo
6255Unicode hex code
1-42-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1828Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2062New Nelson (John Haig)
194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
171Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
738Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
798Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
664A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
904Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11784Morohashi
1766A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
582Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
591Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
555Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1048Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
189Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
855Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
746Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2, bi4Pinyin reading
bul, pilKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level