Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

飾: decorate, ornament

Also: adorn, embellish

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

𠂉 and 巾 carry the meaning · 飠 carries meaning and sound

13 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ショクshoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 装飾そうしょくornament; decoration
  • 服飾ふくしょくclothing and accessories; attire
  • 宝飾ほうしょくjewels and ornaments; jewelry; jewellery

かざるkazaru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 飾るかざるto decorate; to ornament; to adorn
  • 着飾るきかざるto dress up

かざりkazari · kun'yomi

  • 飾りかざりdecoration; ornament; trimmings

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A feast under the lid! Imagine lifting the cover of a steaming pot to find a meal prepared with care.”
More in the 食 food story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
飠

Also built on food (飠)

All 7
𠂉

Also built on 𠂉

巾

Also built on cloth (巾)

All 15

Also read ショク

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
飾 decorate · 𠂉 + 巾
vs飼 domesticate · 司
飾 has 𠂉 + 巾 where 飼 has 司.
In ChineseSimplified 饰 · traditional, as in Japanese · shì

Japan keeps the traditional form 飾; mainland China simplifies it to 饰.

Simplified
饰 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
飾 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shì 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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