Entry
  1. Noun

    hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 針ねずみ【はりねずみ】蝟【はりねずみ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

needle, pin, staple, stinger

Kun
はり
On
シン
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
505 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 26

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-8-2SKIP code
8a2.3The Kanji Dictionary
8410.0Four corner code
2855deroo
91ddUnicode hex code
1-31-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4817Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6218New Nelson (John Haig)
1666New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2099Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1092Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1488Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
274Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
292Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
573A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1155Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1407Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40165Morohashi
905A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
341Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
341Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
974Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
916henshall3
907Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
729Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1809Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
280Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhen1Pinyin reading
chimKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

rat, mouse, dark gray

Kun
ねずみねず
On
ショ
Strokes
13
Radical
rat

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-6-7, 2-5-7SKIP code
0a13.1The Kanji Dictionary
7771.7Four corner code
9f20Unicode hex code
1-33-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5417Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7078New Nelson (John Haig)
2693New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3340Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2065Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2856Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2430Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
48390Morohashi
shu3Pinyin reading
seoKorean reading