The kanji 耳: meaning, readings and stroke order

耳

Meaning: ear
On reading: ジ ji
Kun reading: みみ mimi
Strokes: 6
Radical: 耳 ear
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái tai (nhĩ)
Japanese: みみ。
Korean: 귀 (이)
Chinese: 耳朵

Readings, words and example sentences

ジ ji · on reading · less common

耳じ目もく
people's attention
その話はみんなの 耳じ目もくをあつめました。
That story got everyone's attention.

みみ mimi · kun reading

耳みみ
ear
うさぎの 耳みみは大きいです。
Rabbits have big ears.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.