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Meanings

beard
mustache

Readings

On โ€” Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ใ‚ทใƒฅ
ใ‚น
Kun โ€” Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ใฒใ’

Common Words

้ซญ
ใƒ’ใ‚ฒ
้ฌš
้ซฏ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #8649
1

In careful usage ้ซญ for moustache, ้ฌš for beard, ้ซฏ for (cheek) whiskers

moustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns

Examples
ใŠ็ˆถใ•ใ‚“ใŒใƒใ‚นใƒซใƒผใƒ ใงใฒใ’ใ‚’ๅ‰ƒใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ€‚
Dad is shaving in the bathroom.
2

whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft

3

Finance; Usu. ใƒ’ใ‚ฒ

shadow (on a candlestick chart)

ๅฃ้ซญ
ใใกใฒใ’
ๅฃ้ซฏ
ๅฃ้ฌš
Noun
Freq #32075
1

moustache; mustache

Examples
ๅฃ้ซญใฏ้ผปใฎไธ‹ใซใฏใˆใ‚‹ใ€‚
A mustache grows on the upper lip.
้กŽ้ซญ
้กŽ้ฌš
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #37729
1

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

Examples
ใ‚ใ”ใฒใ’ใŒใ€ใ‚ใ‚‹็‚บใซๅฝผใฏ๏ผ‘๏ผๆญณใปใฉๅฎŸ้š›ใ‚ˆใ‚Šใตใ‘ใฆใฟใˆใŸใ€‚
His beard made him look older by ten years.
็™ฝใฒใ’
็™ฝ้ฌš
ใ—ใ‚ใฒใ’
Noun
Freq #49909
1

grey moustache; gray mustache

2

white beard

้ฌšใ‚’็”Ÿใ‚„ใ™
ใฒใ’ใ‚’ใฏใ‚„ใ™
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #80501
1

to grow a beard

Examples
ใฒใ’ใ‚’็”Ÿใ‚„ใ—ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ›ใ„ใชใฎใ‹ใ€ไธ€่ฆ‹ๆ€–ใใ†ใชใฎใซใ€ๅฎŸใฏใ‚„ใ•ใ—ใ„ไบบใ ใ€‚
Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.
้ซญใ‚‚ใ˜ใ‚ƒ
้ฌšใ‚‚ใ˜ใ‚ƒ
้ซฏใ‚‚ใ˜ใ‚ƒ
๏ฝžใฎ Adj.
Usually kana
Freq #81023
1

bearded

่ตค้ซญ
ใ‚ใ‹ใฒใ’
่ตค้ฌš
Noun
Freq #86399
1

red beard; person with a red beard

2

Derogatory

Westerner

3

Word usually written using kana alone

Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)

้’้ซญ
้’ใƒ’ใ‚ฒ
ใ‚ใŠใฒใ’
้’้ซฏ
Noun
Freq #108900
1

Kabuki

use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks

ใ—ใ‚…ใœใ‚“
Noun
Freq #121857
1

mustache and beard

่™Ž้ซญ
่™Ž้ซฏ
่™Ž้ฌš
ใ“ใ—ใ‚… (่™Ž้ฌš)
ใ“ใœใ‚“ (่™Ž้ซฏ)
Noun
Freq #159562
1

Word usually written using kana alone

bristly beard; bristly mustache

2

ใ“ใ—ใ‚…๏ผใ“ใœใ‚“ only

tiger whiskers

๐ŸŽ“

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