What is the Kanji for "Hem", "Foot of mountain", and "Cuff"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Hem", "Foot of mountain", and "Cuff", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Hem", "Foot of mountain", and "Cuff" is "裾".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Suso".

Its onyomi readings are "Ko" and "Kyo".

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 "衤" . And The kanji "居" means "Reside" and "Be" and can be read as "I" and "Kyo".

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

What does the kanji "裾" mean in japanese?

"裾" means "Hem", "Foot of mountain", and "Cuff".

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

Here are some words that use this kanji:

裾: "Hem". The noun '裾 (すそ)' refers to the lower edge or border of a piece of clothing, such as a skirt, dress, or pants. It is the part of the garment that hangs down and touches or grazes the body. The hem is an important design element and can be finished in various ways, such as with a folded-over edge, lace, or decorative stitching. For example: The hem of her dress is too long - (彼女のドレスの裾が長すぎる). I need to shorten the hem of my pants - (ズボンの裾を短くする必要がある).

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 "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "す" is read as "su". And The hiragana "そ" is read as "so".

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.