Entry
  1. Noun

    robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom

    see 闕腋の袍

  2. small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children)

    see 八つ口

Also written 腋明け【わきあけ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

armpit, the other way, another place, flank, supporting role

Kun
わきわけ
On
キョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1806 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4b6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7422.7Four corner code
8107Unicode hex code
1-47-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3765Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4807New Nelson (John Haig)
952New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1188Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
859Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
870Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
935Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1583A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1083Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29467Morohashi
1336Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
879Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
48WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bright, light

Kun
あ.かりあか.るいあか.るむあか.らむあき.らかあ.ける-あ.けあ.くあ.くるあ.かす
On
メイミョウミン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
67 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

あきらあけあすきらさやさやかとしはる

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4c4.1The Kanji Dictionary
6702.0Four corner code
3846deroo
660eUnicode hex code
1-44-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2110Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2435New Nelson (John Haig)
855New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1060Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
756Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
20Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
84A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
623Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
58Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13805Morohashi
208A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
18Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
18Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
141sakade
186Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
228henshall3
167Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
152crowley
106Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.9busy_people
984Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
20Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ming2Pinyin reading
myeongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level