Kanji: 耳

    • Meaning : ear
    • ON reading :
    • KUN reading : みみ
    • Nanori : がみ
    • Stroke count : 6
    • Frequency of use ranking : 1328
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 2
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • らう - ちゅうげんみみにさからう - Good advice is harsh to the ear
  • - こみみずく - short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
  • - じせき - otolith (part of inner ear)/statolith/statoconium
  • る | にはいる - みみにはいる - to hear of
  • う - みみをうたがう - to not believe one's ears
  • - じんこうないじ - cochlea implant
  • てる - ききみみをたてる - to listen attentively/to prick up one's ears and listen
  • - トルコ - Turkey | turquoise
  • - ベルギー | べるぎー - Belgium
  • - がいじ - external ear/concha
  • る - ぎゅうじる - to control/to take the lead in/to have under one's thumb
  • - みみおち - removing edges/cutting edges
  • - てんじやく - ear drops (medicine)/eardrops
  • - こうじのがく - shallow learning
  • - こうじ - mouth and ear
  • - みみのひ - March 3rd/Ear Day
  • い - みみのはやい - quick-eared
  • - みみ - ear | hearing | edge/crust | selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics)/selvage
  • で - みみもとで - close to one's ears
  • り - みみざわり - hurting one's ears
  • - じびいんこうか - ear, nose and throat section
  • ます | をすます - みみをすます - to listen carefully/to strain one's ears
  • - じこう - inside the ear
  • - みみせん - earplug
  • - じびか - otolaryngology/concerning the ear, nose, and throat
  • す - みみをかす - to lend an ear to/to listen to
  • - じじゅん - age 60
  • - じび - nose and ears
  • - じもく - eye and ear | one's attention/one's interest
  • い | がとおい - みみがとおい - poor hearing
  • あか | - みみあか | じこう - earwax/cerumen
  • り - みみかざり - earrings
  • - じびいんこうせんもんい - ear, nose and throat specialist
  • い - みみのとおい - hard of hearing
  • - めみみ - (one's own) eyes and ears
  • - はつみみ - something heard for the first time (lit: first ear)
  • む - こみみにはさむ - to happen to hear/to overhear
  • - こみみ - overhear/happened to hear that
  • い - みみおおい - earflaps/earmuffs
  • て | あて - みみあて - earmuffs
  • かす | - みみかす - earwax/cerumen
  • - はやみみ - insider/keen of hearing
  • - みみへん - kanji "ear" radical at left
  • - ぞくじ - vulgar ears/attention of the masses
  • - ちゅうじ - middle ear/tympanum
  • - ちゅうじえん - tympanitis (inflammation of middle ear)
  • - うさぎみみ - long ears/gossiper
  • - ないじえん - inner-ear inflammation
  • - じかん - Eustachian tube
  • - ないじ - inner ear
  • ありあり - かべにみみありしょうじにめあり - walls have ears (lit: wall have ears, shoji have eyes)
  • - うまのみみにねんぶつ - not heeding what others say/in one ear and out the other/(lit: praying into a horse's ear)
  • - ばじとうふう - utter indifference/talking to the wall/praying to deaf ears
  • あり - かべにみみあり - walls have ears
  • をそろえて | えて - みみをそろえて - (to pay off) in full
  • - かたみみ - things overheard
  • ピアス - みみピアス - ear piercing/earring
  • そろえて | えて - みみそろえて - all at once (usu. of payment)/at one go
  • り - みみざわり - the feeling one gets from listening to something
  • ピ - みみピ - ear piercing/earring
  • - おりもののみみ - selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics)/selvage
  • - みみぐけ - blindstitched machined fabric edge (selvedge) forming a fold, pleat, edge, etc.
  • - りょうみみ - both ears
  • - りじ - the ears of the public
  • | たぶ - じだ | みみたぶ - earlobe
  • ている | えている - みみがこえている - to have an ear for music
  • | - たれみみ - lop-eared
  • ける - みみをかたむける - to lend an ear/to hearken/to give an ear to/to listen carefully
  • | - みみもと - close to the ear
  • り - みみより - welcome news
  • にする - みみにする - to hear/to hear by chance/to hear by accident/to catch (the sound)
  • にたこができる | ができる - みみにたこができる - to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
  • - がいじどう - external auditory canal (meatus)
  • - みみどしま - young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
  • り - みみなり - buzzing in the ears/tinnitus
  • しい - みみあたらしい - novel/new/unfamiliar/hear for the first time
  • い - みみざとい - sharp-eared/have sharp ears/picks things up fast
  • い | い - みみがはやい - being quick-eared/having sharp ears
  • - みみがくもん - pick-up knowledge/second-hand knowledge/hearsay
  • - ちゅうげんぎゃくじ - good advice is harsh to the ears/honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears
  • | - みみわ - earring/helix
  • - そらみみ - mishearing | (feigned) deafness
  • - ひじちょうもく - sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide/having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information/being well-versed on a subject/books which broaden our knowledge
  • - みみのふじゆう - deafness/the deaf
  • - ねみみ - something heard while sleeping
  • - ねみみにみず - bolt from the blue/great surprise
  • - とおみみ - sharp hearing
  • - がいじえん - inflammation of the outer ear
  • - じかせんえん - mumps
  • - じこう - earhole
  • - じしつ - infections or diseases of the ear
  • - じろう - earwax/ear discharge
  • - じしょうこつ - auditory ossicles
  • れ - みみだれ - ear discharge
  • - じかく - external ear/auricle
  • - じご - whispering
  • - じかい - auricle
  • - じてい - ears
  • き - みみかき - earpick | ear cleaning
  • し - みみかくし - hairdo covering the ears
  • - じかせん - parotid gland
  • ち - みみうち - whisper into a person's ear
  • | | くそ - みみくそ - earwax/cerumen
  • い - みみどおい - hard of hearing | unfamiliar
  • り - みみこすり - whispering
  • - ふくろみみ - retentive memory
  • - ききみみ - straining one's ears
  • - ふくみみ - plump ears, said to bring good fortune
  • - じごくみみ - sharp ear/long ears/ability to remember everything one hears
  • - りゅうこうせいじかせんえん - mumps
  • れる | れる - みみなれる - to be something familiar
  • - かたみみ - one ear
  • ぐ - みみをふさぐ - to stop (plug) one's ears
  • - じびいんこう - ear/nose/and throat
  • く - みみがきく - to have a sharp ear
  • - きくらげ - cloud ear mushroom/wood ear mushroom/Jew's ear mushroom
  • がれた - そがれたみみ - mutilated ear
  • れた - みみのおれたほん - dog-eared book
  • さえる - みみをおさえる - to hold one's ears
  • - ひだりみみ - left ear