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続

continue
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingゾク、ショク、コウ、キョウ
Kun readingつづ.く、つづ.ける、つぐ.ない
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. continueRtK
    彼は父親の大きな土地を相続した。He succeeded to his father's large property.tatoeba
    義経らもこれに続く。Yoshitsune and the others followed Yoshitsura SAHARA.wiki
  2. series
  3. sequel
  1. to continue
  2. to last
  3. to go on
  4. to continue (without a break)
  5. to be unbroken

Popular Usage

続く続ける相続継続接続続々

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · sell · samurai · crown (冖) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1445

Compound words

続くつづく
to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
続けるつづける
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
相続そうぞく
succession; inheritance
継続けいぞく
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
接続せつぞく
connection; attachment; union; join; joint
続々ぞくぞく
successively; one after another
継続するけいぞくする
to continue
接続するせつぞくする
to connect
永続えいぞく
permanence; continuation
勤続きんぞく
continuous service
後続こうぞく
succeeding; following; trailing; next
持続じぞく
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
続行ぞっこう
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
続出ぞくしゅつ
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
続編ぞくへん
sequel; continuation
存続そんぞく
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
断続だんぞく
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
連続れんぞく
continuation; succession; series; sequence; continuous
続伸ぞくしん
continuous rise (in market price)
続きつづき
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); next installment; sequel; flow (e.g. of a piece of writing)
長続きながつづき
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
手続きてつづき
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
相続税そうぞくぜい
inheritance tax; death duty
継続的けいぞくてき
continuous

Additional Examples

彼は疲れていたけれども、働き続けた。
Tired as he was, he went on working.tatoeba
彼は疲れていたけれども、仕事を続けた。
He carried on with his work although he was tired.tatoeba
彼は彼女を慰めようとしたが、彼女は泣き続けた。
He tried to comfort her, but she kept crying.tatoeba
長雨は1ヶ月ほど続く。
The long rain lasts for approximately a month.wiki
意休は説教を続ける。
Ikyu still keeps reviling.wiki
以後も昇進を続ける。
After that, he had a successful career, rising through the ranks.wiki
挙兵後、各地から続々と浪士、町民、農民らが集結した。
After raising the army, roshi, citizens and peasants joined them from around the country.wiki
これにより、多数の商社が続々と設立され貿易に乗り出していった。
This situation led to the continuous spout of companies and their getting into trading business.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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