綻 – be rent, ripped, unravel

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N1 vocabulary

The kanji 綻 means be rent, ripped, unravel, run, begin to open, smile. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン (tan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほころ.びる (hokorobiru). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
Kun’yomi	ほころ.びる	hokorobiru

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: 糸・幺・小・疋・宀.

Words using 綻

綻びるほころびるto come apart at the seams

Kanji with the same radical

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