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Readings

Kana: コン、ふんどし
Romaji: kon, fundoshi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

loincloth

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  145
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-9
Korean Reading:  gon
Chinese Reading:  hui1
Unicode:  890c
JIS:  6A6E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4251
New Nelson Index: 5480
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5e9.2
Four Corner Index: 3725.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34428
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0245

Words

(ふんどし、ふどし、たふさぎ、とうさぎ、とくびこん)
loincloth; breechcloth; breechclout; traditional Japanese male underwear; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
緊褌一番 (きんこんいちばん)
gird oneself up
越中褌 (えっちゅうふんどし)
string loincloth; G-string
褌祝い (へこいわい、ふんどしいわい、たふさぎいわい)
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt
褌一つ (ふんどしひとつ)
(wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
(みつ)
T-shaped section of a loincloth; mawashi
緊褌 (きんこん)
loincloth
横褌 (よこみつ)
either side of a rikishi's mawashi
ふんどし担ぎ (ふんどしかつぎ)
rikishi of the lowest rank; underling
六尺褌 (ろくしゃくふんどし)
traditional Japanese G-string for men
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