繼 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 後をつぐ。また、その人。
2. つたわる。
3. つなぐ、つながる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「糸」＋声符「㡭（𫷡）/*[k]ˤ[e]-s/」。原字は「𫷡」で、糸がつながった形。後に義符「糸」が加わり、「𫷡」は「㡭」に訛変した。「つぐ・つづく」を意味する漢語｛継/*[k]ˤ[e]-s/｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

succeed, inherit, patch, graft (tree)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケイ

Kun (native)

• つ(ぐ)
• まま〜

Other languages

• 拼音ji4
• 한글gye
• Hán-ViệtKế

infoBasics

Strokes

20 strokes

Radical

糸(いと)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+7E7C

grid_viewComponents

• ｜
• 匚はこがまえ
• 小しょう
• 幺よう
• 糸いと

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸㡭

compare_arrowsVariants

• 継Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-6-14

Four Corner

2291.3

Spahn–Hadamitzky

6a7.8

Nelson

3620