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entwine
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingラク
Kun readingから.む、から.まる
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. entwineRtK
  2. coil around
  3. get caught in
  1. to twine
  2. to get tangled
  3. to get entangled
  4. to get caught (in)
  5. to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter)

Popular Usage

連絡絡む

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Radical糸silk纟variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · each · walking legs (儿) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1450

Compound words

連絡れんらく
contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch; communication; correspondence
絡むからむ
to twine; to get tangled; to get entangled; to get caught (in); to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter)
ご連絡ごれんらく
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
連絡するれんらくする
to contact
短絡たんらく
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
脈絡みゃくらく
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; context; blood vessel
絡みからみ
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
連絡先れんらくさき
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)
絡み合うからみあう
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected
刺絡しらく
bloodletting (in traditional Chinese medicine)
絡繰からくり
mechanism
絡繹らくえき
constant (stream of traffic)
御連絡ごれんらく
contacting
短絡的たんらくてき
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.)
絡繰りからくり
mechanism
絡めるからめる
後方連絡線こうほうれんらくせん
lines of communication
十把一絡げじっぱひとからげ
lumping together (things or people)
空軍連絡将校くうぐんれんらくしょうこう
air liaison officer

Additional Examples

彼は忙しい人だから、電話でなければ連絡をとれないですよ。
He is a busy man, so you can only get in touch with him by telephone.tatoeba
彼は情報が入りしだい、私たちに連絡してくるでしょうから。
He'll get hold of us as soon as he has the information.tatoeba
彼はまだお母さんと連絡を取っていない。
He has yet to get in touch with his mother.tatoeba
彼はその連絡事項を電話で伝えてくれた。
He sent me the message by telephone.tatoeba
そこへ彼女に懸想する銀之丞が絡む。
Ginnojo who is in love with her makes a pass at her.wiki
怒りと復讐に震える五右衛門に捕り手が絡む。
Goemon's body shakes with rage and desire for vengeance, then, a police officers appears, and they have a fight.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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