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繰

Spin
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingく.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 38

Verbs with «繰»

繰り返す繰り広げる繰り上げる繰り出す

Meanings

  1. spin
  2. look up
  3. reel
  4. refer to
  5. turn (pages)
  6. windingRtK
  1. to reel
  2. to wind
  3. to spin (thread)
  4. to turn (pages)
  5. to flip through (a book)

Popular Usage

繰り返す

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 · furniture · goods (品) · mouth (口) · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1469

Compound words

繰り返すくりかえす
to repeat; to do over again
繰るくる
to reel; to wind; to spin (thread); to turn (pages); to flip through (a book)
繰入くりいれ
inward transfer (of money); carry over (money from previous period)
やり繰りやりくり
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
繰り延べくりのべ
postponement
繰り出すくりだす
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to flock
繰り返しくりかえし
repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain
資金繰りしきんぐり
fundraising; financing; cash flow
繰り上げくりあげ
upward move; advance
繰り広げるくりひろげる
to unfold; to unroll; to open
繰り上げるくりあげる
to move up; to advance
繰り出し梯子くりだしはしご
extension ladder; aerial ladder
絡繰からくり
mechanism
臍繰へそくり
secret savings
勘繰るかんぐる
to be suspicious of (someone's motives)
綜麻繰へそくり
secret savings
綿繰りわたくり
cotton ginning
絡繰りからくり
mechanism
臍繰りへそくり
secret savings
繰り越すくりこす
to carry over
繰延資産くりのべしさん
deferred asset
繰拡げるくりひろげる
to unfold
繰広げるくりひろげる
to unfold
繰込み群くりこみぐん
renormalisation group

Additional Examples

彼は二度とそれを繰り返すまいとかたい決心をした。
He made a firm resolution never to repeat it.tatoeba
彼は同じ冗談を繰り返してばかりいる。
He keeps telling the same jokes over and over again.tatoeba
彼は同じ間違いを繰り返した。
He repeated the same mistake.tatoeba
彼は出発を２日繰り上げた。
He advanced his departure by two days.tatoeba
これを5回繰り返す。
Repeat the above processes five times.wiki
以上の流れを繰り返す。
The above procedure is repeated.wiki

Stroke Order

19 strokes

To reel, go through in turn. Thread 糸 + 喿 (birds chattering in a tree) — the thread is wound over and over.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 繰

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