Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

裸: naked, nude

Also: uncovered, partially clothed

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

衤 carries the meaning · 果 gives the sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ラra · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 全裸ぜんらstark naked; completely naked; nude
  • 裸眼らがんbare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact…
  • 裸婦らふnude woman; female nude

はだかhadaka · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 裸はだかnakedness; nudity
  • 丸裸まるはだかbeing stark-naked

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 裸足はだしbarefoot

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“Wear your story! This radical brings the world of tailoring, fashion, and social roles to its characters.”
More in the 衤 clothes story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
衤

Also built on clothes (衤)

All 10
果

Also built on fruit (果)

The 果 family reads カ (ka); 裸 is read ラ.

Also read ラ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
裸 naked · 衤
vs巣 nest · ⺍
裸 has 衤 where 巣 has ⺍.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · luǒ

Same form: 裸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
裸 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
裸 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin luǒ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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