鎧

put on armor

Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingカイ、ガイ

Kun readingよろ.う、よろい

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

put on armor
騎士の時代には、彼等は剣での闘いによる怪我から身を守るため鎧を身に付けた。In the days of the knights, they wore armor to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds.tatoeba
鎧をつけている人は、転ぶと大きな音がする。He who wears armor falls with a big crash!tatoeba
arm oneself
suit of armorRtK

armor
armour

Radicals and components

Radical金gold 釒variant

Components

How it's built

鎧

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Compound words

鎧球がいきゅう

American football

鎧戸よろいど

slatted shutter

鎧鼠よろいねずみ

鎧草よろいぐさ

Angelica dahurica (species of angelica)

鎧板よろいいた

鎧竜がいりゅう

ankylosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Ankylosauria)

鎧櫃よろいびつ

storage chest for a suit of armour and a helmet

鎧蜥蜴よろいとかげ

girdle-tailed lizard

板金鎧ばんきんよろい

鎧袖一触がいしゅういっしょく

(beating someone) hands down

Additional Examples

そこで、旅をするときは、私は鎧をつけることはしません。

When I travel, I don't wear armor.tatoeba

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鎧

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step