How do you read 落飾?

落飾 is read らくしょく (rakushoku), with heiban pitch accent (flat).

What JLPT level is 落飾?

It is not on the standard JLPT lists.

How do you write 落飾 in romaji?

落飾 is written rakushoku in romaji.

What kanji are in 落飾?

落 (Fall, Drop); 飾 (Decorate, Ornament).

落飾らくしょく

らくしょく · rakushoku

noun

Cutting one's hair before entering a monastery, tonsure

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Heiban

flat · what is pitch accent?

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Kanji in this word

落Fall, Drop, Come Down 音らく訓お.ちる・お.ち JLPT N3 · 12 strokes 飾Decorate, Ornament, Adorn 音しょく訓かざ.る・かざ.り JLPT N1 · 13 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

洒落しゃれjoke, pun, witticism 墜落ついらくfalling, crashing 落すおとすto drop, to lose 落下らっかfall, drop, come down 没落ぼつらくruin, fall, collapse 転落てんらくfall, degradation 修飾しゅうしょくornamentation; modification (gram)飾るかざるto decorate, to adorn

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What does 落飾 mean?

Cutting one's hair before entering a monastery, tonsure.

How do you pronounce 落飾?

らくしょく (rakushoku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.

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