EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

    「ここまでは表向きの話なんです。キリカさんも知っていることですね」「ってことは、裏向きもあるんですか?」
    "Up to this point has been the official story, which Kirika also knows." "By which you mean there is also an unofficial?"
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surface, table, chart, diagram

Kun
おもて-おもてあらわ.すあらわ.れるあら.わす
On
ヒョウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
77 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
0a8.6The Kanji Dictionary
5073.2Four corner code
1465deroo
8868Unicode hex code
1-41-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
108Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5422New Nelson (John Haig)
2429New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3083Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1572Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2151Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1546Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1666Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
124A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
914Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
308Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34105Morohashi
379A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
272Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
272Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
309sakade
879Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
402henshall3
311Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
178crowley
437Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
1620Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1560Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
biao3Pinyin reading
pyoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Kun
む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い
On
コウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
182 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

こおむかむかいむこう

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3d3.10The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
849deroo
5411Unicode hex code
1-24-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
101Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
712New Nelson (John Haig)
3052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3790Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1934Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2627Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
183Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
195Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
217A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
312Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
215Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3301Morohashi
278A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213sakade
402Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
294henshall3
266Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
192crowley
557Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
319Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
186Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang4Pinyin reading
hyang, sangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level