Entry
  1. Noun

    shoeshine; shoe polishing

    その靴磨きを使ってもいいですか。
    May I use the shoe polish?

Also written 靴みがき【くつみがき】靴磨【くつみがき】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shoes

Kun
くつ
On
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1561 of 2500
Radical
leather
WaniKani
Level 27

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-9-4, 1-8-4SKIP code
3k10.34The Kanji Dictionary
4451.0, 4151.0Four corner code
1956deroo
9774Unicode hex code
1-23-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5092Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6576New Nelson (John Haig)
1781New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2235Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1165Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1586Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1894Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2042Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1446A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1907Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42729Morohashi
1052A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1076Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1124Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1004Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1687Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
995Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1878Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1912Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xue1Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)

Kun
みが.くす.る
On
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1608 of 2500
Radical
stone
WaniKani
Level 45

Built from

Used in names as

おさむ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-13, 3-11-5SKIP code
3q13.3The Kanji Dictionary
0026.1Four corner code
577deroo
78e8Unicode hex code
1-43-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5393Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4045New Nelson (John Haig)
3181New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3946Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2033Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2744Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
594Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
638Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1376A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2596Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1985Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24449PMorohashi
1831A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1531Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1632Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
768Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1840Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1731Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1410Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
601Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mo2, mo4Pinyin reading
maKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
45WaniKani level