表 – surface, table, chart

8 strokesTaught in grade 3#77 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 表 means surface, table, chart, diagram. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒョウ (hyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おもて、-おもて、あらわ.す、あらわ.れる、あら.わす (omote, omote, arawasu, arawareru, arawasu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒョウ	hyou
Kun’yomi	おもて	omote
Kun’yomi	-おもて	omote
Kun’yomi	あらわ.す	arawasu
Kun’yomi	あらわ.れる	arawareru
Kun’yomi	あら.わす	arawasu

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: 衣・士・土・二・亠.

Words using 表

表おもてsurface表ひょうtable表すあらわすto represent代表だいひょうrepresentation発表はっぴょうannouncement表現ひょうげんexpression表情ひょうじょうfacial expression表面ひょうめんsurface表示ひょうじindication公表こうひょうofficial announcement図表ずひょうchart表紙ひょうしcover (of a book, magazine, etc.)時刻表じこくひょうtimetable

Example sentences

この紙はどちらが表だか見分けがつかない。

I cannot tell which is the right side of this paper.

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私はその問題がわかっていない。裏と表の区別もついていない。

I don't understand the problem; I could make neither head nor tail of it.

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一体何が今晩表であんなひどい音をたてているのか見当もつきません。

I don't know what kind of creature is making such a terrible noise outside tonight.

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Kanji with the same radical

裁補被製装裏複裂裕袋襲衣衰裸袖襟

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