EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 20
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)

    Usually written using kana alone

    「白い帽子をかぶっている男の人は誰ですか」と私は彼女に言った。
    I asked her who the man wearing the white hat was.
  2. to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

  5. to be similar; to be redundant

  6. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)

    of film

  7. to close; to come to an end

    of a play, etc.

  8. to get a full house; to sell out

    of a play, etc.

  9. to blunder; to bungle; to fail

    Archaicof a play, etc.see 毛氈を被る

  10. to be deceived

    Archaic

Also written 冠る【かぶる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

Kun
こうむ.るおお.うかぶ.るかぶ.せる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
431 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

ぎぬ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-5-5SKIP code
5e5.3The Kanji Dictionary
3424.7Four corner code
667deroo
88abUnicode hex code
1-40-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4225Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5445New Nelson (John Haig)
1163New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
807Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
870Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
852A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1410Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34222Morohashi
1729A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
976Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1009Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
881Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1390Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1145Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1631Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
815Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4, pi1Pinyin reading
piKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level