Kanji 縁: "affinity, relation, connection"

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 縁

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

• 縁えんfate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) · relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
• 無む縁えんunrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent · without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
• 因いん縁ねんfate; destiny · connection; tie; bond; origin
• 縁えん談だんmarriage proposal; marriage talks
• 縁えん側がわengawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses · bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
• 縁ふちrim; brim; edge; brink
• 血けつ縁えんblood relationship; consanguinity · blood relative
• 縁ゆかりconnection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
• 縁えんを切きるto sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
• 縁えんがないhave no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
• 縁えんのないunrelated; unconnected
• 腐くされ縁えん(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

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