Kanken 1
髯

Meaning

Kanji 髯

beard

beard, mustache

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ひげ
Onyomi 音読み
ゼン
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 髥 (Formal)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
15
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
寗 • 冉 • 再 • 苒 • 爯 • 聃 • 呥

Related vocabulary

11 common entries

Showing 11 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

髭

ひげ

shadow (on a candlestick chart)

髭もじゃ

ひげもじゃ

bearded

髯発条

ひげぜんまい

balance spring

虎髭

とらひげ

tiger whiskers

口ひげ

くちひげ

moustache

須髯

しゅぜん

beard

青ひげ

あおひげ

use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks

肉髯

にくぜん

wattle (of a bird's neck)

白髯

はくぜん

white beard

頬髭

ほおひげ

whiskers

鬚髯

しゅぜん

mustache and beard

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は髯を少し伸ばしている。

he is growing his beard a little.

祖父の白い髯はとても立派だ。

my grandfather's white beard is very impressive.

彼は朝早く髯をそった。

he shaved his beard early in the morning.

その男は濃い髯がよく似合う。

that man looks good with a thick beard.

写真の彼は髯をたくわえていた。

in the photo, he had a beard and mustache.