結 – tie, bind, contract

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The kanji 結 means tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケツ、ケチ (ketsu, kechi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むす.ぶ、ゆ.う、ゆ.わえる (musubu, yuu, yuwaeru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケツ	ketsu
On’yomi	ケチ	kechi
Kun’yomi	むす.ぶ	musubu
Kun’yomi	ゆ.う	yuu
Kun’yomi	ゆ.わえる	yuwaeru

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: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 口・士・糸・幺・小.

Words using 結

結構けっこうsplendid結婚けっこんmarriage結果けっかresult結局けっきょくafter all結論けつろんconclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.)結ぶむすぶto tie結核けっかくtuberculosis結合けつごうcombination結晶けっしょうcrystal結成けっせいformation結束けっそくunion妥結だけつsettlement団結だんけつunity結びむすびending結び付きむすびつきconnection結び付くむすびつくto be related結び付けるむすびつけるto tie (to)

Example sentences

好奇心がお旺盛なのは大変に結構なことである。

A healthy curiosity is truly a fine thing.

Tatoeba #74945

どちらの日でも結構です。

Either day is OK.

Tatoeba #200732

いや結構です。たくさんいただきました。

No more, thank you. I'm full.

Tatoeba #228472

Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続組終線細紙系編織給維素

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