Japanese symbol for “eared”

耳付き

みみつき

Romaji: mimitsuki

deckle-edged (e.g. paper)

In Japanese, eared is 耳付き, read みみつき (mimitsuki).

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Meanings

adj-no, n deckle-edged (e.g. paper)
adj-no, n eared (e.g. jug); with lugs

Kanji and stroke order

耳

ear

on: ジ
kun: みみ

6 strokes · JLPT 4

付

adhere, attach, refer to

on: フ
kun: つ.ける、-つ.ける、-づ.ける、つ.け

5 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
耳元	みみもと mimimoto	close to the ear
耳目	じもく jimoku	eyes and ears; seeing and hearing
耳障り	みみざわり mimizawari	hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping
中耳炎	ちゅうじえん chuujien	otitis media; middle-ear infection
初耳	はつみみ hatsumimi	something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
内耳	ないじ naiji	inner ear
付近	ふきん fukin	neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
付属	ふぞく fuzoku	being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.