粧 – cosmetics, adorn (one's person)

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1545 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 粧 means cosmetics, adorn (one's person). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 米 (no. 119).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou

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: 米 (Kangxi radical 119). Components: 土・米・广.

Words using 粧

化粧けしょうmake-up

Example sentences

こってり化粧した顔は異様である。

A face with too much make up looks strange.

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Kanji with the same radical

米精糧粘糖粉粒粗粋粥糊

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