The kanji 表: meaning, readings and stroke order
表
- Meaning
- front, show
- On reading
- ヒョウ hyou
- Kun reading
- おもて omote、あらわ(す) arawasu、あらわ(れる) arawareru
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 衣 clothes
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mặt ngoài, thể hiện (biểu)
- Japanese
- おもて。あらわす。
- Korean
- 겉, 나타내다 (표)
- Chinese
- 表面、表示
Readings, words and example sentences
ヒョウ hyou · on reading
表面
surface
水の 表面が 光ります。
The surface of the water is shining.
おもて omote · kun reading
表
front side
紙の 表に 名前を 書きます。
I write my name on the front of the paper.
あらわ(す) arawasu · kun reading
表す
to show, to express
気もちを 言葉で 表します。
I put my feelings into words.
あらわ(れる) arawareru · kun reading
表れる
to show (on the face)
顔に 気もちが 表れます。
Feelings show on your face.
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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.