Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

141 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: continue, series, sequel

Kunyomi: つづ.く つづ.ける つぐ.ない

Onyomi: ゾク ショク コウ キョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

する(けいぞくする)   continue

する(れんぞくする)   occur in succession

する(せつぞくする)   connect

出する(ぞくしゅつする)   appear one after another

く(つづく)   continue [v.i.]

ける(つづける)   continue [v.t.]

き(てつづき)   formalities, procedure

Onyomi Examples

ゾク continuation, sequel

ゾクシュツ appearing one after another, cropping up one after another, occurring in succession

ダンゾク intermittence, being intermittent, occurring intermittently

ジゾク continuation, persisting, lasting, sustaining, enduring

ゾク continuation, sequel

日本紀 ショクニホンギ Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Kunyomi Examples

つづく to continue, to last, to go on, to continue (without a break), to be unbroken, to occur again and again, to lead to, to connect to, to adjoin, to come after, to follow, to succeed, to rank next to, to hold out, to keep, to last

ける つづける to continue, to keep up, to keep on