EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    facing upward

    usu. as 〜に

    彼は気を失いあお向けに倒れた。
    He fainted and fell on his back.

Also written あお向け【あおむけ】仰むけ【あおむけ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

face-up, look up, depend, seek, respect, revere, drink, take

Kun
あお.ぐおお.せお.っしゃるおっしゃ.る
On
ギョウコウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1573 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 50

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-4SKIP code
2a4.10The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
2144deroo
4ef0Unicode hex code
1-22-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
375Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
137New Nelson (John Haig)
48New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
51Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
32Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
32Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1701Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1836Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1658A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
360Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1534Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
400Morohashi
1173A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1056Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1099Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1037Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1057Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1134Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
65Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1718Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang3Pinyin reading
angKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
50WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Kun
む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い
On
コウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
182 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

こおむかむかいむこう

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3d3.10The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
849deroo
5411Unicode hex code
1-24-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
101Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
712New Nelson (John Haig)
3052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3790Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1934Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2627Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
183Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
195Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
217A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
312Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
215Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3301Morohashi
278A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213sakade
402Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
294henshall3
266Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
192crowley
557Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
319Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
186Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang4Pinyin reading
hyang, sangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level