緣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ものの周辺部、ふち、へり。
  2. 接触すること、関係・関連。特に人と人との関係。
  3. (仏教)因縁。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「彖」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

hem, margin, reason, cause, karma, fate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エン
Kun (native)
  • ふち
  • へり
  • よる
Other languages
  • 拼音yuan2

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 3
Unicode
U+7DE3

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-9