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音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: はだか

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: 衤(ころもへん)

Meaning

Naked / Bare / Unclothed / Uncovered

  • はだか — naked; bare; with nothing covering it
  • 裸体らたい — nude body; unclothed human figure
  • 裸足はだし — bare feet
  • 裸眼らがん — naked eye; without glasses or lenses
  • 裸一貫はだかいっかん — starting from nothing; having only one’s own effort

On the left, ころもへん shows clothes — what normally covers and protects the body. The right side adds the sound ラ and suggests something fully exposed. Together, is a body or object without its outer covering — naked, bare, or stripped down to its true form.

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