続 – continue, series, sequel

13 strokesTaught in grade 4#141 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 続 means continue, series, sequel. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゾク、ショク、コウ、キョウ (zoku, shoku, kou, kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つづ.く、つづ.ける、つぐ.ない (tsuzuku, tsuzukeru, tsugunai). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゾク	zoku
On’yomi	ショク	shoku
On’yomi	コウ	kou
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	つづ.く	tsuzuku
Kun’yomi	つづ.ける	tsuzukeru
Kun’yomi	つぐ.ない	tsugunai

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: 士・糸・幺・小・儿・冖.

Words using 続

続くつづくto continue続けるつづけるto continue連続れんぞくcontinuation相続そうぞくsuccession続きつづきcontinuation継続けいぞくcontinuation接続せつぞくconnection続々ぞくぞくsuccessively手続きてつづきprocedure持続じぞくcontinuation存続そんぞくcontinuance接続詞せつぞくしconjunction

Example sentences

どれくらいこの寒い天気は続きますか。

How long will this cold weather go on?

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延々と続く車の列があった。

There was a continuous line of cars.

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このところ飛行機事故が続く。

There have been a lot of airplane accidents recently.

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Kanji with the same radical

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.