Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N3
918 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Kunyomi: たば たば.ねる つか つか.ねる
Onyomi: ソク
Composition: 木 口
Radical: 木
Reading: き
Meaning: tree
Strokes: 4
約束する（やくそくする） promise [v.t.]
結束する（けっそくする） band together, unite
束縛する（そくばくする） restrain, bind, shackle
束ねる（たばねる） bundle [v.t.]
花束（はなたば） bouquet
札束（さつたば） roll of banknotes
*束の間（つかのま） brief moment
束 （ソク） lattice, counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish), handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
束縛 （ソクバク） restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles, binding, confinement with rope
結束 （ケッソク） union, unity, solidarity, bundling, binding, tying, putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
口約束 （クチヤクソク） verbal promise, one's word
束 （たば） bundle, bunch, sheaf
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
鍵束 （かぎたば） bunch of keys
麦束 （むぎたば） wheat sheaf, stacked wheat
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
束 （つか） strut, short vertical post, thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.), handbreadth, bundle
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
不束 （ふつつか） inexperienced, incompetent, inept, incapable, careless
矢束 （やつか） arrow length, bundle of arrows
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N3
918 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Kunyomi: たば たば.ねる つか つか.ねる
Onyomi: ソク
Composition: 木 口
Radical: 木
Reading: き
Meaning: tree
Strokes: 4
約束する（やくそくする） promise [v.t.]
結束する（けっそくする） band together, unite
束縛する（そくばくする） restrain, bind, shackle
束ねる（たばねる） bundle [v.t.]
花束（はなたば） bouquet
札束（さつたば） roll of banknotes
*束の間（つかのま） brief moment
束 （ソク） lattice, counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish), handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
束縛 （ソクバク） restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles, binding, confinement with rope
結束 （ケッソク） union, unity, solidarity, bundling, binding, tying, putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
口約束 （クチヤクソク） verbal promise, one's word
束 （たば） bundle, bunch, sheaf
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
鍵束 （かぎたば） bunch of keys
麦束 （むぎたば） wheat sheaf, stacked wheat
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
束 （つか） strut, short vertical post, thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.), handbreadth, bundle
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
不束 （ふつつか） inexperienced, incompetent, inept, incapable, careless
矢束 （やつか） arrow length, bundle of arrows
束ねる （たばねる） to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)