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束

束 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たば。
  2. たばねる。
  3. （他動詞）終える。（自動詞）終わる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。両端を縛った袋の形を象る。もと「東」と同字で、「しばる」「たばねる」を意味する漢語｛束 /*stok/｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソクElem.
Kun (native)
  • たばElem.
  • たば(ねる)
  • つか
  • つか(ねる)
Other languages
  • 拼音shu4
  • 한글sog
  • Hán-ViệtThúc
  • Hán-ViệtThú

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+675F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻𰀉人

Words using this kanji

  • 束たば（たば）幾つかの物を一纏めにして括った物。 （つか）梁と棟木との間に立てる短い柱。つかばしら。 （つか）表紙を除いた本の厚さ。bundle, bunch, sheaf
  • 束縛そくばく行動の自由を制限すること。restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke
  • 束ねるたばねるたばねる 参照to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern
  • 束ねたばねbundle, control, management
  • 束つか（たば）幾つかの物を一纏めにして括った物。 （つか）梁と棟木との間に立てる短い柱。つかばしら。 （つか）表紙を除いた本の厚さ。strut, short vertical post, thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.), handbreadth
  • 束そく（たば）幾つかの物を一纏めにして括った物。 （つか）梁と棟木との間に立てる短い柱。つかばしら。 （つか）表紙を除いた本の厚さ。lattice, counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish), handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
  • 束帯そくたい公家が大儀の際に着用した正式な礼装。old ceremonial court dress
  • 束髪そくはつ頭髪を束ねて結うこと。また、その頭髪。 明治以後、特に女性に広まった洋風の髪型。hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head
  • 束脩そくしゅうentrance fee, initiation fee, registration fee, present to a teacher
  • 束柱つかばしらshort pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge
  • 束群そくぐんlattice group
  • 束子たわしscrubbing brush, scourer
  • 束表たばひょうbundle table
  • 束稲つかいねsheaf of rice, bundle of rice plants
  • 束生そくせいfasciculation
  • 束感たばかんneat and tidy look (of hair or eyelashes), cleanly made eyelashes, well-bundled hair
  • 束指標たばしひょうbundle index
  • 束沸石そくふっせきstilbite, desmine
  • 束ね積むたばねつむto shock (grain)
  • 束になるたばになるto form a group, to form a bunch

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