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Reading

Kana: つま
Romaji: tsuma
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

skirt, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  145
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-8
Korean Reading:  cheo
Unicode:  8904
JIS:  6A6D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4246
New Nelson Index: 5470
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5e8.5
Four Corner Index: 3524.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34410
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0242

Words

(つま)
skirt (of a kimono); hem (of a kimono)
辻褄 (つじつま)
coherence; consistency
気褄を合わす (きづまをあわす)
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
褄取り (つまどり、つまとり)
rear toe pick
左褄 (ひだりづま)
left skirt of a kimono; geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono)
機嫌気褄 (きげんきづま)
humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits
辻褄の合わない (つじつまのあわない)
incoherent; inconsistent
褄黒横這 (つまぐろよこばい、ツマグロヨコバイ)
green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps)
褄黒大横這い (つまぐろおおよこばい、ツマグロオオヨコバイ)
Bothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)
辻褄を合わせる (つじつまをあわせる)
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
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