EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    one eye; one of one's eyes

    彼はあやうく片目を失明するところだった。
    He came close to losing an eye.
  2. being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye

Also written 片眼【かため】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

Kun
かた-、かた
On
ヘン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1076 of 2500
Radical
slice
WaniKani
Level 39

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-4-4, 3-3-1SKIP code
2j2.5The Kanji Dictionary
2202.7Four corner code
1254deroo
7247Unicode hex code
1-42-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2842Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3525New Nelson (John Haig)
3461New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4272Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2158Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2910Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1212Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1297Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
905A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
82Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
937Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19813Morohashi
969A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1045Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1088Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
980henshall3
833Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1143Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1287Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1220Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pian4, pian1Pinyin reading
pyeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

Kun
め、-め、ま-
On
モク、ボク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
76 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

さかん、さがん、さっか、さつか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-1SKIP code
5c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.1Four corner code
3979deroo
76eeUnicode hex code
1-44-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3127Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3906New Nelson (John Haig)
3043New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3777Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
65A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
191Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
22Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23105Morohashi
72A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
55Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25sakade
75Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
30henshall3
48Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
91crowley
168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
1376Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
15Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mu4Pinyin reading
mogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level