JLPT N2 · 12 strokes
Kanji 装: "attire, dress, pretend"
The kanji 装 means "attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ソウ, ショウ in on'yomi and よそお.う, よそお.い 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)
ソウショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よそお.うよそお.い
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 | attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 657 of 2,501 |
Common words with 装
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 服装attire; dress; clothes; clothing
- 衣装clothing; costume; outfit; garment
- 装備équipement, équipage
- 装うto dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to decorate · to pretend; to feign; to affect; to disguise oneself as
- 装置equipment; device; installation; apparatus · stage setting
- 武装arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
- 装飾ornament; decoration
- 変装disguise; masquerade
- 装着equipping; installing; fitting; mounting
- 装甲armoring; armouring; armor; armour
- 偽装camouflage; disguise · pretense; feigning; masquerade
- 装clothing; dressing · binding (of a book)
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