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: 糸 彖
Radical: 糸
Meaning: silk
縁 (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
縁起 (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
遠縁 (トオエン) distant relative
内縁 (ナイエン) de facto marriage, common-law marriage
縁 (ふち) rim, brim, edge, brink
縁石 (えんせき) curb (stone), kerb
盆の縁 (ぼんのふち) edge of a tray
縁取る (ふちどる) to border, to fringe, to hem, to edge
縁 (ゆかり) connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity
縁の色 (ゆかりのいろ) violet
縁 (よすが) something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means, someone to rely on, relative, reminder, memento
縁 (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
縁石 (えんせき) curb (stone), kerb
縁 (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
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: 糸 彖
Radical: 糸
Meaning: silk
縁 (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
縁起 (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
遠縁 (トオエン) distant relative
内縁 (ナイエン) de facto marriage, common-law marriage
縁 (ふち) rim, brim, edge, brink
縁石 (えんせき) curb (stone), kerb
盆の縁 (ぼんのふち) edge of a tray
縁取る (ふちどる) to border, to fringe, to hem, to edge
縁 (ゆかり) connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity
縁の色 (ゆかりのいろ) violet
縁 (よすが) something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means, someone to rely on, relative, reminder, memento
縁 (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
縁石 (えんせき) curb (stone), kerb
縁 (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