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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

2149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: compose, spell, write, bind (books)

Kunyomi: と.じる, つづ.る, つづり, すみ.やか

Onyomi: テイ, テツ, テチ, ゲツ

Composition: 糸 又

綴

Radical

Radical: 糸

Meaning: silk

Reading: いと

Frequency: 823

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)糹

糸

Examples

Onyomi Examples

綴字 (テイジ) spelling

綴字法 (テイジホウ) spelling rules, orthography

補綴 (ホテツ) mending, revision, supplementation, (dental) prosthesis, prosthetic

原綴 (ゲンテツ) spelling in the original language, spelling in the original script

綴字 (テイジ) spelling

合綴 (ガッテツ) binding several papers or booklets into one

補綴 (ホテツ) mending, revision, supplementation, (dental) prosthesis, prosthetic

Kunyomi Examples

綴じる (とじる) to bind, to file, to finish (a dish) by pouring beaten egg into the broth, to sew up, to stitch together

綴る (つづる) to spell, to write, to compose, to frame, to bind (e.g. documents), to patch, to sew together, to stitch together

綴り (つづり) spelling, orthography, file, pad, bundle, binding

綴り合わせる (つづりあわせる) to bind together

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