髪
髪 — Hair of the head
hair of the head
On’yomiハツ (hatsu)
Kun’yomiかみ (kami)
Stroke order (14 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 髪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 髪 | かみ kami | hair (on the head) |
| 白髪 | しらが shiraga | white hair; grey hair; gray hair |
| 髪の毛 | かみのけ kaminoke | hair (on the head); (a) hair |
| 間一髪 | かんいっぱつ kanippatsu | hair's breadth |
| 散髪 | さんぱつ sanpatsu | (having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing |
| 前髪 | まえがみ maegami | forelock; bangs |
Study notes
髪 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1474 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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