綴 – compose, spell, write

14 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2149 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 綴 means compose, spell, write, bind (books). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テイ、テツ、テチ、ゲツ (tei, tetsu, techi, getsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is と.じる、つづ.る、つづり、すみ.やか (tojiru, tsuzuru, tsuzuri, sumiyaka). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テイ	tei
On’yomi	テツ	tetsu
On’yomi	テチ	techi
On’yomi	ゲツ	getsu
Kun’yomi	と.じる	tojiru
Kun’yomi	つづ.る	tsuzuru
Kun’yomi	つづり	tsuzuri
Kun’yomi	すみ.やか	sumiyaka

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・又.

Words using 綴

綴じるとじるto bind

Example sentences

紙を綴じるのにホチキスはとても便利です。

A stapler is very useful for attaching papers together.

Tatoeba #151203

Kanji with the same radical

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