繕 – darning, repair, mend

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2195 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 繕 means darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゼン (zen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つくろ.う (tsukurou). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゼン	zen
Kun’yomi	つくろ.う	tsukurou

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: 王・口・糸・幺・小・并・羊.

Words using 繕

修繕しゅうぜんrepair繕うつくろうto mend

Example sentences

この椅子は修繕する必要がある。

This chair is in want of repair.

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猿たちは互いに毛繕いし合っている。

The monkeys are grooming each other.

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世間体を繕う心配をするより他にやることがある。

We have other things to do than worry about keeping up appearances.

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Kanji with the same radical

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