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髪

hair of the head
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingハツ
Kun readingかみ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hair of the headRtK
    ポールは手で髪を梳きました。Paul ran his hand through his hair.tatoeba
    髪の毛が多いので名づく。It is named as such because it has a thick head of hair.wiki
  1. hair (on the head)

Synonyms

髪の毛

Homonyms

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Same reading (かみ)
紙 · paper上 · upper reaches (of a river)神 · god加味 · seasoning

Popular Usage

髪の毛白髪

Radicals and components

Radical髟hair
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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hairstyle · hair · shape · friend

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2074

Compound words

髪の毛かみのけ
hair (on the head); (a) hair
白髪しらが
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
金髪きんぱつ
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
散髪さんぱつ
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing; messy hair; untied hair
洗髪せんぱつ
washing one's hair; having a shampoo
前髪まえがみ
forelock; bangs
頭髪とうはつ
hair (on the head)
理髪りはつ
haircut
髪型かみがた
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
間一髪かんいっぱつ
hair's breadth
遺髪いはつ
hair of the deceased (retained as a keepsake)
一髪いっぱつ
hair
惣髪そうはつ
wearing one's hair knotted in the back
剃髪ていはつ
tonsure
庇髪ひさしがみ
classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
辮髪べんぱつ
pigtail
鬢髪びんぱつ
hair at the temples
下げ髪さげがみ
pigtail
共白髪ともしらが
growing old together (as a couple)
茶筅髪ちゃせんがみ
hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
友白髪ともしらが
growing old together (as a couple)
握髪吐哺あくはつとほ
(a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)
危機一髪ききいっぱつ
by a hair's breadth
髪結い床かみゆいどこ
Edo-era barbershop

Additional Examples

彼は髪を切ってもらった。
He had his hair cut.tatoeba
彼が髪を刈ってもらうのに３，０００円かかった。
It cost him 3,000 yen to get a haircut.tatoeba
彼は髪をかきむしりながら泣いた。
He wept, tearing his hair.tatoeba
髪の毛が多いので名づく。
It is named as such because it has a thick head of hair.wiki
醤油は人の髪の毛から作られている
Soy-sauce is made out of human hairwiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 髪

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