Kanji · first appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary

裸

裸 – naked, nude, uncovered

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1796 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 裸 means naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ラ (ra); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はだか (hadaka). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ラ	ra
Kun’yomi	はだか	hadaka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 衣 (Kangxi radical 145). Components: 初・田・木.

Words using 裸

裸はだかnakedness裸足はだしbarefoot

Example sentences

その少年は上半身裸であった。

The boy was naked to the waist.

Tatoeba #209074

彼はびっくりして裸足で外に飛び出した。

He was so startled that he ran outside barefoot.

Tatoeba #111166

Kanji with the same radical

表裁補被製装裏複裂裕袋襲衣衰袖襟

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