What is the Kanji for "Hair"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Hair", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Hair" is "髪".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Kami".

Its onyomi reading is "Hatsu".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "髟" . And The kanji "友" means "Friend" and can be read as "Yuu" and "Tomo".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "髪" mean in japanese?

"髪" means "Hair".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

髪: "Hair". The Japanese noun '髪 (かみ)' refers to the strands of material that grow on a person's head. It is used to describe the hair on one's head, including the color, texture, and style. For example: I brushed my long hair - (私は長い髪をブラシで磨いた). She has beautiful black hair - (彼女は美しい黒髪を持っている).

白髪: "White hair". The noun '白髪 (しらが)' refers to hair that has turned white or gray, typically due to aging. This is a very common phenomenon in humans as they grow older. 白髪 is often seen as a sign of maturity and wisdom. Examples: He has a lot of white hair - (彼はたくさんの白髪を持っている). My grandmother's hair is mostly white - (祖母の髪の毛はほとんど白髪だ).

髪の毛: "Hair". The noun '髪の毛 (かみのけ)' refers to the hair on a person's head. It can be used to describe the hair in general, or to refer to a specific person's hair. For example: My hair is long - (私の髪の毛は長い). She has beautiful hair - (彼女は美しい髪の毛を持っている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". And The hiragana "み" is read as "mi".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.