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    3. 髪

    髪

    髪かみ

    hair of the head

    N3KMT9Freq #1474Fashion & BeautyKanji14 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かみ

    On'yomi

    ハツ

    Nanori

    がたひげ

    hair of the head

    髟友

    長
    髟
    厶
    彡
    又

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    Concepts using this kanji

    髪

    hair (on the head)

    白髪

    white hair

    理髪

    haircut

    髪の毛

    hair (on the head)

    髪型

    hair style

    頭髪

    hair (on the head)

    長髪

    long hair (usu. of a man)

    金髪

    blond hair

    毛髪

    hair

    間一髪

    hair's breadth

    散髪

    (having a) haircut

    黒髪

    black hair

    九十九髪

    an old woman's gray hair

    日本髪

    traditional Japanese women's hairstyle

    間一髪のところ

    close call

    間一髪を入れず

    immediately

    一髪

    hair

    前髪

    forelock

    後ろ髪を引かれる

    to do something with painful reluctance

    間髪入れず

    immediately

    間髪を入れず

    immediately

    女髪結い

    female hairdresser

    危機一髪

    by a hair's breadth

    地髪

    natural hair

    共白髪

    growing old together (as a couple)

    理髪店

    barbershop

    理髪所

    barbershop

    パッツン前髪

    hairstyle with the bangs cut completely straight

    入れ髪

    false hair

    断髪式

    retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut

    法師髪

    short-trimmed mane (of a horse)

    下げ髪

    pigtail

    髪上げ

    wearing one's hair up

    髪を上げる

    to put up one's hair

    立髪

    long hair style popular in the Genroku era

    洗髪

    washing one's hair

    白髪交じり

    grizzled

    振り分け髪

    hair parted in the middle

    理髪師

    barber

    理髪室

    barbershop

    白髪三千丈

    many years of stress and anxiety (as would cause one's hair to grow white)

    間髪

    immediately

    間髪おかず

    immediately

    海髪

    ogo (seaweed)

    有髪

    untonsured (monk or priest or nun)

    波打つ髪

    wavy hair

    若白髪

    prematurely gray hair

    結び髪

    tied-up hairstyle

    結い髪

    hairdo

    結髪

    hairdressing

    髪を直す

    to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled)

    調髪

    haircut

    総髪

    wearing one's hair knotted in the back

    髪切り

    haircutting

    切り髪

    cut hair

    髪を切る

    to get a haircut

    整髪料

    hairdressing product (creams, gels, etc.)

    幸運の女神は前髪しかない

    opportunity has hair in front, but behind she is bald

    電髪

    perm (hairstyle)

    白髪マーモット

    hoary marmot (Marmota caligata)

    髪置き

    ceremony of allowing the hair to grow at age three

    白髪頭

    gray or silver haired (grey)

    付け髪

    false hair

    落髪

    cutting one's hair before entering a monastery

    美髪

    beautiful hair

    髪を解く

    to let down one's hair

    有髪俗体

    (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb

    白髪染め

    hair dye (for graying hair)

    弁髪

    pigtail

    楽髪

    rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed

    髪結い床

    Edo-era barbershop

    銀髪

    silver hair

    髪油

    hair oil

    額髪

    forelock

    怒髪天を突く

    to boil with rage

    髪を整える

    to arrange one's hair

    髪質

    hair type

    赤髪

    red hair

    捻髪音

    crepitus

    髪振

    shoulder-length hairstyle for children

    怒髪天

    furious

    散髪屋

    barber

    女の髪の毛には大象も繋がる

    no man can resist the lure of a woman

    髪頭

    hair on one's head

    洋髪

    Western hairdressing

    身体髪膚

    entire human body

    短髪

    short hair

    角髪土竜

    Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura)

    束髪

    hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

    遺髪

    hair of the deceased (retained as a keepsake)

    毛髪移植

    hair transplant

    乱れ髪

    disheveled hair

    乱髪

    unkempt hair

    髪留め

    barrette

    白髪交じりの髪

    grizzled hair

    染髪

    hair dyeing

    角髪

    hairstyle with buns on each side of the head

    仮髪

    hairpiece

    散らし髪

    casual hairstyle

    巻き髪

    curly hair

    整髪剤

    hair styling product (oil, etc.)

    怒髪衝天

    being in a towering rage

    寝乱れ髪

    hair messed up in sleep

    茶髪

    hair dyed brown

    緑の黒髪

    glossy black hair (of a young woman)

    髪床

    barber

    洗い髪

    freshly washed hair

    髪飾り

    hair ornament

    髪毛

    hair (on the head)

    染髪剤

    hair dye

    髪綱

    rope made of hair

    禿髪

    baldness

    御髪

    hair

    髪結い

    hairdresser

    洗髪剤

    shampoo

    緑髪

    glossy black hair

    髪が薄い

    having thin hair

    髪の薄い

    thin haired

    髪ゴム

    hair tie

    髪ブラ

    hair bra (long hair covering the breasts)

    みだれ髪

    Midaregami (collection of tanka by Akiko Yosano)

    モテ髪

    fashionable hairstyle, particularly to attract members of the opposite sex

    ほつれ髪

    unkempt hair

    ざんばら髪

    loose and disheveled hair

    おさげ髪

    pigtails

    髪冠

    kanji "hair" radical at top

    髪洗い粉

    powder for cleaning the hair

    後ろ髪

    hair on the back of one's head

    庇髪

    classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

    垂髪

    hair tied behind and hanging down

    髪を垂らす

    to let one's hair hang down

    撫で付け髪

    hair that is smoothed down

    螺髪

    spiral curl on the head of a statue (symbolic of enlightenment)

    断髪

    cutting of hair (to a short length)

    金髪碧眼

    blonde hair and blue eyes

    整髪

    hairdressing

    髪を梳かす

    to comb (one's hair)

    茶筅髪

    hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

    握髪吐哺

    (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)

    髪剃菜

    hawkweed oxtongue (Picris hieracioides subsp. japonica)

    身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり

    filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)

    襟髪

    scruff of neck

    霜髪

    frost-white hair

    剃髪

    tonsure

    弊衣蓬髪

    unkempt hair and shabby clothes

    蓬髪

    unkempt hair

    濡れ髪

    newly washed hair

    鬢髪

    hair at the temples

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 厶
    • 又
    • 彡
    • 長
    • 髟
    • 髪切り
    • 白髪三千丈
    • みだれ髪

    is_used_in

    • 遺髪
    • 一髪
    • 下げ髪
    • 危機一髪
    • 間一髪
    • 間一髪のところ
    • 間一髪を入れず
    • 共白髪
    • 襟髪
    • 金髪
    • 結髪
    • 散髪
    • 寝乱れ髪
    • 垂髪
    • 切り髪
    • 前髪
    • 洗髪
    • 束髪
    • 茶髪
    • 剃髪
    • 怒髪天を突く
    • 頭髪
    • 日本髪
    • 波打つ髪
    • 髪
    • 髪の毛
    • 髪飾り
    • 髪置き
    • 付け髪
    • 弁髪
    • 毛髪
    • 乱れ髪
    • 理髪
    • 理髪師
    • 理髪店
    • 黒髪
    • 白髪
    • 銀髪
    • 地髪
    • 落髪
    • 緑の黒髪
    • 髪結い
    • 後ろ髪
    • 髪床
    • 髪油
    • 髪結い床
    • 髪綱
    • 断髪
    • 総髪
    • 調髪
    • 美髪
    • 有髪
    • 散髪屋
    • 怒髪天
    • 若白髪
    • 整髪
    • 洗い髪
    • 海髪
    • 洋髪
    • 長髪
    • 濡れ髪
    • 乱髪
    • 振り分け髪
    • 髪が薄い
    • 短髪
    • 染髪剤
    • 白髪染め
    • 白髪頭
    • 染髪
    • 髪を上げる
    • 髪を垂らす
    • 髪を梳かす
    • 髪を整える
    • 間髪を入れず
    • 白髪交じりの髪
    • 整髪剤
    • 整髪料
    • 髪型
    • 白髪交じり
    • 髪を切る
    • 理髪室
    • 断髪式
    • 身体髪膚
    • 怒髪衝天
    • 握髪吐哺
    • 有髪俗体
    • 九十九髪
    • 弊衣蓬髪
    • 髪を解く
    • 後ろ髪を引かれる
    • モテ髪
    • 法師髪
    • 巻き髪
    • 髪頭
    • 髪冠
    • 庇髪
    • 髪の薄い
    • ほつれ髪
    • 毛髪移植
    • 女の髪の毛には大象も繋がる
    • ざんばら髪
    • 鬢髪
    • パッツン前髪
    • 緑髪
    • 散らし髪
    • 御髪
    • おさげ髪
    • 幸運の女神は前髪しかない
    • 角髪
    • 額髪
    • 女髪結い
    • 立髪
    • 髪振
    • 茶筅髪
    • 髪洗い粉
    • 洗髪剤
    • 結び髪
    • 髪を直す
    • 髪留め
    • 髪剃菜
    • 間髪
    • 楽髪
    • 角髪土竜
    • 白髪マーモット
    • 蓬髪
    • 仮髪
    • 入れ髪
    • 髪ゴム
    • 捻髪音
    • 撫で付け髪
    • 髪毛
    • 髪質
    • 結い髪
    • 理髪所
    • 禿髪
    • 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり
    • 赤髪
    • 霜髪
    • 間髪入れず
    • 髪上げ
    • 螺髪
    • 間髪おかず
    • 金髪碧眼
    • 電髪
    • 髪ブラ

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