EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    dimple

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼女は笑うと愛らしくえくぼができる。
    She has cute dimples when she smiles.

Also written 靨【えくぼ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

laugh

Kun
わら.うえ.む
On
ショウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
913 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

えみ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
6f4.1The Kanji Dictionary
8843.2Four corner code
2363deroo
7b11Unicode hex code
1-30-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3374Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4256New Nelson (John Haig)
2646New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3275Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1692Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2300Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1008Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
889A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1209Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1147Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25885Morohashi
900A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1235Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1299Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
791Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
537henshall3
548Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
482crowley
251Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1472Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
947Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao4Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

depression, cave in, sink, become hollow

Kun
くぼ.むくぼ.みくぼ.まるくぼ
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
1853 of 2500
Radical
cave

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
2-3-11, 2-5-9SKIP code
3m11.9The Kanji Dictionary
3011.4Four corner code
7aaaUnicode hex code
1-23-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3334Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4209New Nelson (John Haig)
2348New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2962Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2063Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1323Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1421Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1510A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2203Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
25580Morohashi
1334Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wa1Pinyin reading
waKorean reading