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縁

affinity
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingエン、-ネン
Kun readingふち、ふち.どる、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. affinityRtK
    彼はその一族に縁がある。He is related to the family.tatoeba
    縁側には、濡縁とくれ縁がある。Engawa fall into two classes: Nure-en and Kure-en.wiki
  2. relation
  3. connection
    戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.tatoeba
  4. edge
    テーブルの縁にグラスを置かないで下さい。Don't put the glass near the edge of the table.tatoeba
  5. border
  6. verge
  7. brink
  1. rim
  2. brim

Synonyms

エッジ因端縁側

Popular Usage

縁側縁談

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · broom · sow · pig

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1472

Compound words

縁側えんがわ
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
縁談えんだん
marriage proposal; marriage talks
因縁いんねん
fate; destiny; connection; tie; bond
縁起えんぎ
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; causation
額縁がくぶち
(picture) frame; architrave (of a door, window, etc.)
血縁けつえん
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
絶縁ぜつえん
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
無縁むえん
unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from
悪縁あくえん
evil destiny or connection
右縁うえん
right margin
縁家えんか
related family
縁故えんこ
relation
縁戚えんせき
relative
縁籍えんせき
relatives
縁先えんさき
veranda edge
縁台えんだい
bench
求縁きゅうえん
courtship
旧縁きゅうえん
old relationship
再縁さいえん
second marriage
所縁ゆかり
connection (to a person, place, etc.)
攀縁はんえん
climbing
榑縁くれえん
open-air veranda with thin boards running the length of it
悪因縁あくいんねん
evil destiny
縁の下えんのした
out of sight

Additional Examples

彼は街頭で買った絵を額縁に入れた。
He framed the picture he had bought on the street.tatoeba
彼はその事件とまったく無縁ではない。
He is involved in the case a little.tatoeba
彼はスージーと縁を切った。
He has done with Susie.tatoeba
板敷：板張りの縁側。
Itajiki: the external corridor with a boarded floor.wiki
縁側には、濡縁とくれ縁がある。
Engawa fall into two classes: Nure-en and Kure-en.wiki
やがて播磨に縁談が持ち込まれる。
Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima.wiki
薫との縁談もあったが、匂宮の正室となる。
Although she receives a marriage proposal from Kaoru, she becomes Niou no Miya's lawful wife.wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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