括 – fasten, tie up, arrest

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1026 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 括 means fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カツ (katsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くく.る (kukuru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カツ	katsu
Kun’yomi	くく.る	kukuru

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ノ・口・十・舌・扎.

Words using 括

括弧かっこbrackets一括いっかつlumping together

Example sentences

それらの議題は一括して取り上げられた。

Those agenda items were taken up en bloc for discussion.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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