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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
  2. relation
  3. connection
  4. edge
  5. border
  6. verge
  7. brink

Popular Usage

縁側縁談

Radicals and components

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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

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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