繰 – winding, reel, spin

19 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#872 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 繰 means winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is く.る (kuru). It is written with 19 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	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	く.る	kuru

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: 口・糸・幺・小・木・品.

Words using 繰

繰り返すくりかえすto repeat引っ繰り返るひっくりかえるto be overturned引っ繰り返すひっくりかえすto turn over

Example sentences

「いいえ」とイギリス人は繰り返しました。

"No," repeated the Englishman.

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Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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