縫 – sew, stitch, embroider

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1723 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 縫 means sew, stitch, embroider. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぬ.う (nuu). It is written with 16 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	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	ぬ.う	nuu

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: ｜・一・込・糸・幺・小・夂.

Words using 縫

裁縫さいほうsewing縫うぬうto sew

Example sentences

本当に裁縫が上手ですね。

You're a magician with a needle and thread.

Tatoeba #231565

これを手で縫ったんですか。

Did you sew this by hand?

Tatoeba #217640

その小道は山中を縫って続いている。

The path twists through the mountains.

Tatoeba #209241

Kanji with the same radical

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