Word Meaning 引目鈎鼻

ひきめかぎばな hikimekagibana

引目鈎鼻 is read as ひきめかぎばな (hikimekagibana) and means style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period.

Meaning

English

  1. style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

Reading

Kana

ひきめかぎばな

Romaji

hikimekagibana

Writing Variants

  • 引目鈎鼻 ひきめかぎはな hikimekagihana
  • 引目鉤鼻 ひきめかぎはな hikimekagihana
  • 引目鉤鼻 ひきめかぎばな hikimekagibana

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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引け目

ひけめ

sense of inferiority

引目

ひきめ

large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia

目鼻

めはな

eyes and nose

卵に目鼻

たまごにめはな

(cute) egg-like face

見る目嗅ぐ鼻

みるめかぐはな

Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead)

鈎鼻

かぎばな

hooked nose

目鼻立

めはなだち

(set of) facial features

目鼻がつく

めはながつく

to complete most of something

直鼻猿亜目

ちょくびえんあもく

Haplorhini (primate suborder)

曲鼻猿亜目

きょくびえんあもく

Strepsirrhini (primate suborder)

目糞鼻糞を笑う

めくそはなくそをわらう

the pot calling the kettle black