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裸

naked
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingラ
Kun readingはだか
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. nakedRtK
    彼は上半身裸だった。He was bare to the waist.tatoeba
    裸で滝に打たれている男性を見た。I saw a man standing naked under the waterfall.tatoeba
  2. nude
  3. uncovered
  4. partially clothed
  1. nakedness
  2. nudity
  3. bareness
  4. nakedness
  5. baldness

Synonyms

ヌード

Radicals and components

Radical衣clothes衤variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cloak · fruit · rice field (田) · brains · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1205

Compound words

裸足はだし
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
裸婦らふ
nude woman; female nude
丸裸まるはだか
being stark-naked
赤裸あかはだか
stark naked
全裸ぜんら
stark naked
半裸はんら
half-nakedness
まる裸まるはだか
being stark-naked
全裸体ぜんらたい
stark naked body
半裸体はんらたい
seminude
裸になるはだかになる
to take off one's clothes
裸の質量はだかのしつりょう
bare mass
丸裸になるまるはだかになる
to be stripped of all one's clothes

Additional Examples

彼はびっくりして裸足で外に飛び出した。
He was so startled that he ran outside barefoot.tatoeba
日本の温泉は裸で泳ぐのにもってこいだ。
The Japanese onsen is a nice place for skinny-dipping.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 裸

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