繋 – tie, fasten, chain

17 strokesN3 vocabulary

The kanji 繋 means tie, fasten, chain, tether, connect. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ (kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つな.ぐ、かか.る、か.ける (tsunagu, kakaru, kakeru). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	つな.ぐ	tsunagu
Kun’yomi	かか.る	kakaru
Kun’yomi	か.ける	kakeru

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・車・殳・几・又.

Words using 繋

繋ぐつなぐto connect繋がるつながるto be connected (to)繋げるつなげるto connect繋がりつながりconnection

Kanji with the same radical

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