EntryCommonWaniKani 53
  1. Noun

    (around the) neck; nape

    その人は私のえりもとをつかもうとした。
    The man tried to catch hold of me by the collar.
  2. collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area

Also written 衿元【えりもと】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

collar, neck, lapel, one's inner feelings

Kun
えり
On
キン
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2030 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
1-5-13SKIP code
5e13.2The Kanji Dictionary
3429.1Four corner code
641deroo
895fUnicode hex code
1-22-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4267Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5504New Nelson (John Haig)
1252New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
845Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1156Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1099Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1180Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1924A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
34647Morohashi
1181A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1537Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1639Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1733Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1905Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1637Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1108Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin1Pinyin reading
geumKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲン、ガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちか、はじめ、はる、ゆき、よし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level