Kanji

Stroke count: 22

Meaning: beard, mustache

Kunyomi: ひげ

Onyomi: シュ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: long hair

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シュゼン mustache and beard

クジラヒゲ whalebone, baleen

ショクシュ barbel, barb, palp, palpus

クジラヒゲ whalebone, baleen

Kunyomi Examples

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

ひげくじら baleen whale, whalebone whale, mysticete

大髭 おおひげ long and abundant moustache

赤髭 あかひげ red beard, person with a red beard, Westerner, Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)