Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #1193

decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

eat shoku

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

ornament; decoration
clothing and accessories; attire
jewels and ornaments; jewelry
embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation
ostentation; show

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

decoration; ornament
to decorate; to ornament
to dress up
decoration; arrangement
necklace; choker
hair ornament
ornament; decoration
affectation; showiness
earring

Example sentences

It is merely an ornament.

His portrait was mounted in the fancy frame.

Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.

His pictures were hung on the wall.