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Readings

Kana: ショウ、も、もすそ
Romaji: shō, mo, mosuso
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

skirt

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  42
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-5-9
Korean Reading:  sang
Chinese Reading:  shang5
Unicode:  88f3
JIS:  3E58

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2615
Nelson Index: 1370
New Nelson Index: 5472
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3n11.2
Four Corner Index: 9073.2
Gakken Index: 1803
Japanese Names Index: 2376
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34357
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0231
Remembering the kanji Index: 800
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2269
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 808
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 863
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3231

Words

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ancient skirt
衣装 (いしょう)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
借り衣装 (かりいしょう)
borrowed clothes
馬子にも衣装 (まごにもいしょう)
anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver
裳着 (もぎ)
Heian period coming-of-age ceremony for girls
(チマ)
chima; long skirt traditionally worn by Korean women
花嫁衣裳 (はなよめいしょう)
bridal costume; wedding dress
裳裾 (もすそ)
cuff (of pants); hem (of skirt); train (of dress); foot (of mountain)
裳階 (もこし、しょうかい)
pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)
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