JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 裸: "naked, nude, uncovered"
The kanji 裸 means "naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ラ in on'yomi and はだか in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ラ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はだか
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1796 of 2,501 |
Common words with 裸
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 裸nakedness; nudity · bareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered
- 全裸stark naked; completely naked; nude
- 裸足barefoot · superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
- 裸体naked body; nudity
- 裸になるto take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
- 半裸half-nakedness
- 裸身naked body · naked sword
- 素っ裸nudity · stark naked; in one's bare skin
- 上半身裸naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
- 赤裸々naked; nude · unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank; candid
- 丸裸being stark-naked · having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
- 丸裸にするto strip a person of all his or her clothes · to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
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