Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head

  2. feigning ignorance; shutting one's eyes (to)

Also written 頬かぶり【ほおかぶり】頬かむり【ほおかむり】頰冠り【ほおかぶり】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cheeks, jaw

Kun
ほおほほ
On
キョウ
Strokes
15
Frequency
2424 of 2500
Radical
leaf

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-6-9SKIP code
9a7.2The Kanji Dictionary
4108.6Four corner code
982cUnicode hex code
1-43-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5131Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6629New Nelson (John Haig)
1776Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2792Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1358Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
43496XMorohashi
2000Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
jia2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

Kun
こうむ.るおお.うかぶ.るかぶ.せる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
431 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

ぎぬ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-5-5SKIP code
5e5.3The Kanji Dictionary
3424.7Four corner code
667deroo
88abUnicode hex code
1-40-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4225Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5445New Nelson (John Haig)
1163New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
807Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
870Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
852A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1410Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34222Morohashi
1729A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
976Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1009Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
881Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1390Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1145Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1631Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
815Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4, pi1Pinyin reading
piKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level