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鬘

Readings

Kana: バン、マン、かつら
Romaji: ban, man, katsura
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: かずら
Romaji: kazura
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

wig, hair piece

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  21
Radical Number:  190
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-10-11
Korean Reading:  man
Chinese Reading:  man2
Unicode:  9b18
JIS:  7223

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5263
New Nelson Index: 6814
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2h19.1
Four Corner Index: 7240.7
Japanese Names Index: 2979
Daikanwanjiten Index: 45568
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0653

Words

鬘 (かつら、かずら)
hairpiece; wig
日陰の蔓 (ひかげのかずら、ヒカゲノカズラ)
running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
全かつら (ぜんかつら)
full wig; whole wig
目鬘 (めかずら)
simple paper mask
華鬘草 (けまんそう)
bleeding heart; Dicentra spectabilis
華鬘 (けまん)
Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)
百日鬘 (ひゃくにちかずら、ひゃくにちかつら)
long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth)
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