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表紙 (ひょうし): front cover, binding — Japanese vocabulary

表紙 is read ひょうし and means "front cover, binding". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

表紙

Reading
ひょうし · hyoushi
Translation
front cover, binding
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ひょうしがひょうしが

Example

本をその表紙で判断してはいけない。

ほんをそのひょうしではんだんしてはいけない。

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Kanji in this word

  • 表 — surface, table
  • 紙 — paper

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