縺 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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brushOrigin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「連」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

tangle, knot, fasten, fetter

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• レン

Kun (native)

• もつ(れる)

Other languages

• 拼音lian2
• 한글ryeon
• Hán-ViệtLen

infoBasics

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

糸(いと)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+7E3A

grid_viewComponents

• 小しょう
• 幺よう
• 辶しんにょう
• 糸いと
• 車くるま

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸連

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 縺れるもつれる絡み合った状態になる。 動作などが思い通りにいかなくなる。 事柄・話などが入り乱れて収支がつかなくなる。to tangle, to get tangled, to get entangled, to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.)
• 縺れもつれtangle, entanglement, snarl, complication

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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• 璉One part differs
• 謰One part differs
• 鏈One part differs

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infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-6-11

Four Corner

2593.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

6a10.12

Nelson

3592