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Ear 耳 ジ みみ がみ 耳(みみ Hearing Edge

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi みみ
Nanori がみ
English ear
Examples 耳(みみ): (1) ear (2) hearing (3) edge; crust (4) selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
耳鼻科(じびか): otolaryngology; concerning the ear, nose, and throat
初耳(はつみみ): something heard for the first time (lit: first ear)
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 1
Frequency 1328
Components 耳: ear, ear radical (no. 128)
Number of Strokes 6
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 128
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading みみ・みみへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword ear
Koohii Story 1 Your ear is like the eye on the side of your head for seeing things, but there is hair around it that creates jagged lines.
Koohii Story 2 Pictograph, see book. * The primitive meaning can easily be extended to ear plugs.

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade1, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_body_head.neck

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