EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    brow; forehead

    Usually written using kana alonesee でこ

    前髪が、おでこにかからないように髪を上げることをおすすめします。
    I recommend putting up your hair so your fringe doesn't get on your forehead.
  2. prominent forehead; beetle brow

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. not catching anything

    FishingUsually written using kana aloneColloquial

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

convex, beetle brow, uneven

Kun
でこ
On
トツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2143 of 2500
Radical
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WaniKani
Level 57

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
4-5-1, 4-4-1, 4-6-1SKIP code
0a5.13The Kanji Dictionary
7777.7Four corner code
3675deroo
51f8Unicode hex code
1-38-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
443New Nelson (John Haig)
3486New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4298Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2174Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2928Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
34Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
34Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1921A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
323Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1882Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1809Morohashi
1667A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1892Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2068Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1086Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1040Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1921Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
175Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
34Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tu1, tu2, gu3Pinyin reading
cheol, dolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
57WaniKani level