Japanese Word Entry

耳かき
Kana:みみかき
Romaji:mimikaki
Definitions:
  1. earpick

  2. ear cleaning (with an earpick)

Alternative forms:
  • 耳搔き 〔耳掻き〕 【 みみかき (mimikaki) 】

  • 耳搔き 【 みみかき (mimikaki) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

ear, merely, only, handle, Kangxi radical 128
Readings
Mandarin: ㄦˇ (ěr), ㄖㄥˊ (réng)
Cantonese: ji5
Japanese: ジ (ji)、 ジョウ (jou) / みみ (mimi)、 のみ (nomi)
Korean: 이 (i)
Vietnamese: nhĩ

to scratch
Readings
Mandarin: ㄙㄠ (sāo), ㄙㄠˋ (sào)
Cantonese: sou1
Japanese: ソウ (sou) / か.く (kaku)
Korean: 소 (so)
Vietnamese: tao, trảo, trao, trau
Variants
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