Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink

Kunyomi: ふち ふち.どる ゆかり よすが へり えにし

Onyomi: エン -ネン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

エン fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda

エンギ omen, sign of luck, origin, history, causation, dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

トオエン distant relative

ナイエン de facto marriage, common-law marriage

Kunyomi Examples

ふち rim, brim, edge, brink

えんせき curb (stone), kerb

盆の ぼんのふち edge of a tray

取る ふちどる to border, to fringe, to hem, to edge

ゆかり connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity

の色 ゆかりのいろ violet

よすが something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means, someone to rely on, relative, reminder, memento

へり edge (of a river, woods, etc.), shoulder (of a road), rim, brim, hem, margin, fringe, selvage, fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.), edging

えんせき curb (stone), kerb

えん fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda