Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

1214 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: garment, clothes, dressing

Kunyomi: ころも きぬ -ぎ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ころも

Meaning: clothes

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

類(いるい)   clothes, clothing, garments

服(いふく)   clothes

食住(いしょくじゅう)   food, clothing and shelter

料品(いりょうひん)   clothing

(はくい)   (doctor/nurse's) white gown

(ころも)   clothes

替え(ころもがえ)   seasonal change of clothing

Onyomi Examples

キヌ clothing, garment, dress

イショウ clothing, costume, outfit, garment, dress

チャクイ clothes (that one is wearing), wearing clothes

ダツイ undressing, taking off one's clothes

イハツ mysteries of one's master's art, robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral), transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)

エモン dress, clothes, drapery

チャクイ clothes (that one is wearing), wearing clothes

ダツイ undressing, taking off one's clothes

Kunyomi Examples

ころも clothes, garment, gown, robe, coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

替え ころもがえ seasonal change of clothing, changing one's dress for the season, renovation, facelift, redesign, redecoration, new appearance, fresh look

砂糖の さとうのころも frosting (e.g. on a cake), icing

紅葉の もみじのころも comparing beautiful autumn leaves to a garment

きぬ clothing, garment, dress

如月 きさらぎ second month of the lunar calendar