EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to express (in words)

    その物体がどんな物か言い表す事が出来ますか。
    Can you describe the object?
  2. to confess

Also written 言い表わす【いいあらわす】言い現す【いいあらわす】

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Characters in this word

2
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say, word

Kun
い.うこと
On
ゲンゴン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
83 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

とき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-6SKIP code
7a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a00Unicode hex code
1-24-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4309Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5552New Nelson (John Haig)
1941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
439Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35205Morohashi
274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392sakade
85Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118henshall3
142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
44crowley
203Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1653Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
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