Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb

    to turn one's face away

    彼女は顔をそむけて泣き始めた。
    She turned away and began to cry.

Also written 顔をそむける【かおをそむける】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

face, expression

Kun
かお
On
ガン
Strokes
18
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
676 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-9-9SKIP code
9a9.3The Kanji Dictionary
0128.6Four corner code
461deroo
9854Unicode hex code
1-20-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5139Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6648New Nelson (John Haig)
1808New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2277Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1177Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1608Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1717Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1853Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
527A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2754Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
481Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43591PMorohashi
93A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
277Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
277Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
179sakade
277Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
103henshall3
239Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355crowley
573Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1893Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1733Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
anKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

Kun
せいそむ.くそむ.ける
On
ハイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
696 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
4b5.15The Kanji Dictionary
1122.7, 1222.7Four corner code
1246deroo
80ccUnicode hex code
1-39-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3754Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4794New Nelson (John Haig)
2573New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3182Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1641Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2230Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
446Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
481Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
796A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
957Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
933Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29363Morohashi
957A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1265Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1338Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
845Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
967henshall3
893Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1085Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1017Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
455Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4, bei1Pinyin reading
bae, paeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level