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糾

twist
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingキュウ
Kun readingただ.す
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. twistRtK
    禍福は糾える縄の如し。When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.tatoeba
    非違の糾弾、弾劾を司る。It took charge of censuring and impeaching violations of the law.wiki
  2. ask
  3. investigate
    社会の悪弊を糾すべきだ。We must investigate social abuses.tatoeba
  4. verify
  1. rally
  2. muster

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 · cornucopia

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1627

Compound words

糾合きゅうごう
rally; muster
糾弾きゅうだん
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
紛糾ふんきゅう
complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute
糾うあざなう
to twist strands (e.g. into rope)
糾すただす
to ascertain
糾明きゅうめい
searching examination
糾問きゅうもん
inquiry
罪状糾明ざいじょうきゅうめい
closely examining (questioning) the concrete circumstances of a crime
問い糾すといただす
to inquire (about)
禍福は糾える縄のごとしかふくはあざなえるなわのごとし
fortune and misfortune are intertwined

Additional Examples

その後、糾職大夫、直広肆。
Later he became Jikikoshi Kyushiki-daibu (internal inspector at fifth rank).wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 糾

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step