装 – attire, dress, pretend

12 strokesTaught in grade 6#657 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 装 means attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ、ショウ (sou, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よそお.う、よそお.い (yosoou, yosooi). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	よそお.う	yosoou
Kun’yomi	よそお.い	yosooi

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・爿・亠.

Words using 装

装置そうちequipment服装ふくそうattire包装ほうそうpacking衣装いしょうclothing装飾そうしょくornament装備そうびequipment武装ぶそうarms舗装ほそうpaving (a road)盛装せいそうdressing up in fine clothes

Example sentences

この暖房装置は石油を燃料とする。

This heating system burns oil.

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あなたは服装の趣味がいい。

You have good taste in clothes.

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食品包装は腐敗を減らす。

Food packaging reduces spoilage.

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Kanji with the same radical

表裁補被製裏複裂裕袋襲衣衰裸袖襟

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