繋 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 17 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つなぐ、つながる。
  2. かける。吊り下げる。
  3. 絆。
  4. つながり。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「繫」の略体。「繫」については繫#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tie, fasten, chain, tether, connect

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイ
Kun (native)
  • つな(ぐ)
  • かか(る)
  • か(ける)
Other languages
  • 拼音xi4
  • 拼音ji4
  • 한글gye
  • Hán-ViệtHệ

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7E4B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱軗糸

Words using this kanji

  • 繋ぐつなぐto connect, to link together, to tie, to fasten
  • 繋がりつながりconnection, link, relationship
  • 繋がるつながる「つながる」を参照。to be connected (to), to be joined together, to be linked, to be tied together
  • 繋ぎつなぎlink, connection, tie, bond
  • 繋辞けいじcopula
  • 繋縛けいばくconstraint, restraint, restriction, binding
  • 繋駕けいが車を馬を繋ぐこと。 車を馬に繋いで競走すること。harnessing (a horse to a cart, esp. for a race)
  • 繋牧けいぼく家畜を綱で繋ぎ行動範囲を制限する放牧。tethered grazing
  • 繋げるつなげる「つなげる」を参照。to connect, to tie, to fasten, to transfer (phone call)
  • 繋ぎ資金つなぎしきんemergency fund
  • 繋駕競走けいがきょうそうharness racing
  • 繋ぎ飼いつなぎかいtethered breeding (livestock), confined stock raising
  • 繋ぎ止めるつなぎとめるto tie, to fasten, to hitch, to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.)
  • 繋ぎかえるつなぎかえるto change configuration (e.g. electrical wiring), to reconfigure
  • 繋駕速歩競走けいがそくほきょうそう馬の後ろに付けた馬車に騎手が乗り、速歩で走る速さを競うもの。harness racing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-11-6
Four Corner
5790.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a13.4
Heisig
2697
Nelson
3618