Word details
白髪三千丈
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 白髪三千丈.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Formal or literary term; Oft. used hyperbolically
many years of stress and anxiety (as would cause one's hair to grow white); three-thousand jō of white hair (nine kilometers)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
白
white
5 strokesFrequency 483JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ハクビャク
Kun
しろしら-しろ.い
Nanori
あきかはっ
髪
hair of the head
14 strokesFrequency 1,474JLPT N2Grade 8
On
ハツ
Kun
かみ
Nanori
がたひげ
三
three
3 strokesFrequency 14JLPT N4Grade 1
On
サンゾウ
Kun
みみ.つみっ.つ
Nanori
かささいさえさぶざざえざぶそうぞただみつみんもや
千
thousand
3 strokesFrequency 195JLPT N4Grade 1
On
セン
Kun
ち
Nanori
かずゆき
丈
length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely
3 strokesFrequency 1,375JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ジョウ
Kun
たけだけ
Nanori
ともますら
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