Entry
  1. Noun

    decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

    その会社では、会長が院政を敷いていて、社長はお飾りにすぎない。
    The "retired" president of that company runs the whole show from behind the scenes, so the current president is nothing but a figurehead.

Also written お飾り【おかざり】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

honorable, manipulate, govern

Kun
おん-お-み-
On
ギョ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1087 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 39

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3i9.1The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
2044deroo
5fa1Unicode hex code
1-24-70JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1628Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1761New Nelson (John Haig)
577New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
703Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
422Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
529Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1398Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1500Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
620A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1572Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
924Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10157XMorohashi
1158A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
708Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
721Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
524Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1530Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371crowley
919Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
632Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1410Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
eo, aKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level
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