Entry
  1. Noun

    menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

    Usually written using kana alone

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mask, face, features, surface

Kun
おもおもてつら
On
メンベン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
186 of 2500
Radical
face
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

ずらほおつき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 3-5-4SKIP code
3s6.1The Kanji Dictionary
1060.0Four corner code
3176deroo
9762Unicode hex code
1-44-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5087Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6566New Nelson (John Haig)
2087New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2590Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1796Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1892Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2039Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
165A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
904Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
321Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42618Morohashi
395A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
274Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
274Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322sakade
1002Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
417henshall3
347Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
117crowley
438Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
1876Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1910Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mian4Pinyin reading
myeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
-こ
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
72 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

ねっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-2-1SKIP code
2c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7Four corner code
3547deroo
5b50Unicode hex code
1-27-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281New Nelson (John Haig)
3390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930Morohashi
25A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31sakade
43Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40henshall3
18Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42crowley
69Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
455Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level