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EntryCommonJLPT N2

  1. Noun

    moustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns; facial hair

    Usually written using kana alonein careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskerssee 口髭see 顎鬚see 頬髯

    お父さんがバスルームでひげを剃っている。
    Dad is shaving in the bathroom.

  2. whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. shadow (on a candlestick chart)

    FinanceUsually written using kana aloneusu. ヒゲ

Also written 鬚【ひげ】、髯【ひげ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
髭
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beard, mustache

Kun
ひげくちひげ
On
シ
Strokes
16
Radical
髟 hair

Built from

止長匕彡髟
Words starting with 髭Words ending in 髭Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
2-10-6SKIP code
3j13.2The Kanji Dictionary
7211.1Four corner code
9aedUnicode hex code
1-41-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5262Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6812New Nelson (John Haig)
2047Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2205Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2697Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
45399XMorohashi
zi1Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading