袴
men's formal divided skirt
Readings
On'yomi
- コ
- ク
Kun'yomi
- はかま
- ずぼん
Meaning
袴 centers on a traditional men's garment: a formal divided skirt worn over the lower body.
Most common words using 袴
20 of 26- 袴はかまN1
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions
- 二人袴ふたりばかま
Futaribakama (noh farce)
- 女袴おんなばかま
hakama for women (esp. hakama worn by female students and teachers in the Meiji period)
- 山袴さんぱく
work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom
- 山袴やまばかま
work hakama
- 張袴はりばかま
rigid hakama (for women); hakama made from stiff cloth
- 御袴料おんはかまりょう
betrothal money given from woman to man
- 猩々袴しょうじょうばかま
Oriental swamp pink (Heloniopsis orientalis)
- 猿袴さるばかま
work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom
- 相合袴あいあいばかま
Aiaibakama (noh farce)
- 着袴ちゃっこ
ceremony of fitting child with a hakama
- 紅の袴くれないのはかま
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
- 紋付羽織袴もんつきはおりはかま
haori coat decorated with one's family crest and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
- 紺屋の白袴こうやのしろばかま
the shoemaker's children go barefoot; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves; the dyer's white hakama
- 緋の袴ひのはかま
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
- 緋袴ひばかま
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
- 羽織袴はおりはかま
haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
- 藤袴ふじばかま
thoroughwort (species of boneset, Eupatorium fortunei)
- 行灯袴あんどんばかま
hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period); hakama without gores
- 袴パジ
traditional Korean pants
Study
Etymology
袴 combines the clothing radical 衤 with 夸, which likely contributes a phonetic element. The character specifically denotes a type of lower-body garment.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 衤 signals clothing, and the right side 夸 looks like a person with wide legs, suggesting a divided skirt. Picture a formal men's garment that splits like wide trousers.
Reading mnemonic
For コ, imagine a man wearing a formal divided skirt at a co-ed event: co -> コ, and the skirt is the traditional 袴.