Kanji

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: beard, mustache

Kunyomi: ひげ

Onyomi: ゼン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: long hair

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ニクゼン wattle (of a bird's neck)

ハクゼン white beard

Kunyomi Examples

ひげ moustache, beard, whiskers, whiskers (on a cat, etc.), feelers (on an insect, etc.), (chin) tuft, shadow (on a candlestick chart)

発条 ひげぜんまい balance spring, hairspring

あおひげ use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

頬髭 ほおひげ whiskers, sideburns, sideboards