Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

2175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: men's formal divided skirt

Kunyomi: はかま ずぼん

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: clothes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コシタ long johns, long underpants, long underwear

ナガバカマ long hakama, trailing hakama

チャッコ ceremony of fitting child with a hakama

サンパク work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

Kunyomi Examples

はかま hakama, man's formal divided skirt

はかまぎ ceremony fitting child with a hakama

紅の くれないのはかま red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

緋の ひのはかま red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)