Kanji 束: "bundle, sheaf, ream"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 束

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 約やく束そくpromise; agreement; arrangement; one's word · appointment; engagement; date
• 拘こう束そくrestriction; restraint; binding; constraint
• 束たばbundle; bunch; sheaf
• お約やく束そくpromise; agreement; arrangement; one's word · something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
• 束たばねるto tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe · to govern; to manage; to control; to administer
• 花はな束たばbunch of flowers; bouquet
• 収しゅう束そくconclusion; resolution; settling (e.g. of a dispute); returning to normal · gathering and bundling
• 束そく縛ばくrestraint; restriction; fetters; yoke · binding; confinement with rope
• 約やく束そくを守まもるto keep a promise; to keep one's word
• 約やく束そく通どおりas promised
• 装しょう束ぞくcostume; dress; attire
• 覚おぼ束つかないuncertain; doubtful; unpromising · unreliable; unsteady; insecure; shaky

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