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維

fiber
Stroke count: 14

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. fiberRtK
  2. rope
  3. tie
  1. maintenance
  2. preservation
  3. improvement

Popular Usage

維持

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1441

Compound words

維持いじ
maintenance; preservation; improvement
維持するいじする
to maintain
維新いしん
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party
繊維せんい
fibre; fiber
合成繊維ごうせいせんい
synthetic fibre; synthetic fiber
維持費いじひ
maintenance costs
原繊維げんせんい
raw fibers
塞爾維セルビア
Serbia
蘇維埃ソビエト
soviet
維持管理いじかんり
maintenance management
化学繊維かがくせんい
synthetic fiber
光学繊維こうがくせんい
optical fiber
食物繊維しょくもつせんい
dietary fiber
繊維光学せんいこうがく
fiber optics
繊維工業せんいこうぎょう
textile industry
繊維製品せんいせいひん
textile products
天然繊維てんねんせんい
natural fiber

On Reading Examples

繊維ニュースは繊維産業関係者に愛読者が多い。せんい
Textile News has a large following among those working in the textile industry.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は高速道路で一定のスピードを維持した。
He maintained a steady speed on the highway.tatoeba
体力を維持するにはちゃんと食べなければいけません。
You must eat properly to keep up your strength.tatoeba
繊維産業をとりまく状況は変化した。
Circumstances surrounding the textile industry have changed.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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