Meanings
- cosmetics
- adorn (one's person)
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1545 of 2,500
Kanji N3
粧: cosmetics, adorn (one's person)
粧 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning cosmetics, adorn (one's person), written with 12 strokes. It is read ショウ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 化粧 (けしょう, make-up) and 化粧水 (けしょうすい, skin lotion).
粧
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ショウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- None in common use
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 粧
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- JLPT N3
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