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飾 — Decorate

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#1193 most used
decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish
On’yomiショク (shoku)
Kun’yomiかざ (kazaru)
Kun’yomiかざ (kazari)

Stroke order (13 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 飾

WordReadingMeaning
飾りかざり
kazari
decoration; ornament; trimmings
装飾そうしょく
soushoku
ornament; decoration
飾るかざる
kazaru
to decorate; to ornament; to adorn
着飾るきかざる
kikazaru
to dress up
服飾ふくしょく
fukushoku
clothing and accessories; attire
宝飾ほうしょく
houshoku
jewels and ornaments; jewelry; jewellery

Study notes

飾 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1193 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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