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expose

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Readings

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Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

exposeRtK
彼は自分の腕前を披露した。He boasted about his skills.tatoeba
彼は結婚披露宴でスピーチをした。He made a speech at the wedding feast.tatoeba
open

expressing one's opinion
speaking one's mind
making known
revealing

Radicals and components

Radical手hand 扌variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · pelt · branch · ten (十) · needle (丨) · crotch · hook (亅)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 868

Compound words

披瀝ひれき

expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing

披露ひろう

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing

披露宴ひろうえん

reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party

expressing one's opinion

披露目ひろめ

making (something) widely known

お披露目おひろめ

(formal) announcement

披露するひろうする

to announce

結婚披露宴けっこんひろうえん

wedding reception banquet

信書開披罪しんしょかいひざい

(crime of) opening sealed correspondence

Additional Examples

結婚式の後で盛大な披露宴が催された。

There was a big reception after the wedding.tatoeba

あなたは私の結婚披露宴にもっと早く来るべきだったのに。

You ought to have come to my wedding reception earlier.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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