束 – bundle, sheaf, ream

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The kanji 束 means bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソク (soku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たば、たば.ねる、つか、つか.ねる (taba, tabaneru, tsuka, tsukaneru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソク	soku
Kun’yomi	たば	taba
Kun’yomi	たば.ねる	tabaneru
Kun’yomi	つか	tsuka
Kun’yomi	つか.ねる	tsukaneru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: ｜・一・口・ハ・木.

Words using 束

約束やくそくpromise束たばbundle拘束こうそくrestriction結束けっそくunion束縛そくばくrestraint束ねるたばねるto tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters)

Example sentences

自分が約束したことはちゃんと実行するように最善を尽くすべきだ。

You should do your best to carry out your promises.

Tatoeba #149988

ジムは映画に行く約束をしたガールフレンドに待ちぼうけをくわされ、雨の中を一時間も待たされて頭にきている。

Jim's angry because his date for the movie stood him up and he wasted an hour waiting for her in the rain.

Tatoeba #215992

そうしたら、茂みの下にいくつかの１０００ドル札の束を見つけ、それをバスケットの中に入れた。

Then she found several stacks of thousand-dollar bills under a bush and put them in her basket.

Tatoeba #213893

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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