裸
裸 — Naked
naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed
On’yomiラ (ra)
Kun’yomiはだか (hadaka)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 裸
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裸 | はだか hadaka | nakedness; nudity; bareness |
| 裸足 | はだし hadashi | barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing |
| 全裸 | ぜんら zenra | stark naked; completely naked; nude |
| 裸眼 | らがん ragan | bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision |
| 丸裸 | まるはだか maruhadaka | being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings |
| 裸婦 | らふ rafu | nude woman; female nude |
Study notes
裸 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1796 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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