繕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゼンJHS
Kun (native)
  • つくろ(う)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shan4
  • 한글seon
  • Hán-ViệtThiện

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

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7E55

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸善

Words using this kanji

  • 繕うつくろうあう 参照to mend, to patch up, to repair, to fix
  • 繕いつくろいmending, repair, darning, patching up
  • 繕草つくろいぐさJapanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
  • 繕い立てるつくろいたてるto put up a good front

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-12
Four Corner
2896.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a12.2
Heisig
1433
Nelson
3612