Kanji N3

表: surface, table, chart

表 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning surface, table, chart, written with 8 strokes. It is read ヒョウ (on) and おもて, あらわす, あらわれる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 代表 (だいひょう, representation) and 発表 (はっぴょう, announcement).

表

Meanings

  • surface
  • table
  • chart
  • diagram
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#77 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヒョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おもて
  • -おもて
  • あらわす
  • あらわれる
  • あらわす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 8. Start at the dot.

Common words with 表

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 代表だいひょう

    representation; representative; delegate

    JLPT N3
  • 発表はっぴょう

    announcement; publication; presenting; statement

    JLPT N3
  • 表現ひょうげん

    expression; representation; description

    JLPT N3
  • 表情ひょうじょう

    facial expression; countenance

    JLPT N3
  • 表面ひょうめん

    surface; face

    JLPT N3
  • 表おもて

    surface

    JLPT N4
  • 表すあらわす

    to represent; to signify; to stand for

    JLPT N3
  • 公表こうひょう

    official announcement; proclamation

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.