EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 30
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to decorate; to ornament; to adorn

    私たち自身が部屋を飾ったのです。
    We decorated the room ourselves.
  2. to display; to exhibit; to put on show; to arrange

  3. to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page); to grace (e.g. the cover)

  4. to affect (a manner); to keep up (appearances); to embellish; to dress up; to be showy; to be pretentious

Also written 餝る【かざる】錺る【かざる】荘る【かざる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish

Kun
かざ.るかざ.り
On
ショク
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1193 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

しか

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-5SKIP code
8b5.3The Kanji Dictionary
8872.7Four corner code
2844deroo
98feUnicode hex code
1-30-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5161Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6683New Nelson (John Haig)
1717New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1129Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1530Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1477Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1587Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
972A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2164Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1014Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44111PMorohashi
1427A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
979Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1013Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1906Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1690Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
603Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1906Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1489Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
sigKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level