Entry
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    bedside; near one's pillow

    彼女は私を枕元にくるようにと頼んだ。
    She asked me to come to her bedside.

Also written 枕許【まくらもと】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pillow

Kun
まくら
On
チンシン
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2084 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (19)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4a4.8The Kanji Dictionary
4491.2Four corner code
1857deroo
6795Unicode hex code
1-43-77JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2209Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2589New Nelson (John Haig)
1064Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2472Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2034Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
627Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1900Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14546Morohashi
965Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zhen3, zhen4Pinyin reading
chimKorean reading
30WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level