The kanji 髪: meaning, readings and stroke order

髪

Meaning: hair
On reading: ハツ hatsu
Kun reading: かみ kami
Strokes: 14
Radical: 髟 long hair
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 髮

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tóc (phát)
Japanese: かみのけ。
Korean: 머리카락 (발)
Chinese: 头发 (发)

Readings, words and example sentences

ハツ hatsu · on reading · less common

理り髪はつ
haircut (at a barber)
理り髪はつ店に行きます。
I go to the barbershop.

かみ kami · kun reading

髪かみ
hair
朝に 髪かみをとかします。
I comb my hair in the morning.

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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.