Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
entwine, coil around, get caught in
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
806 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絡繹 【ラクエキ】 constant (stream of traffic), incessant
  • 絡糸嬢 【ラクシジョウ】 cricket, bush-cricket
  • 短絡 【タンラク】 short circuit, short, illogical jump, drawing a hasty inference (between two events), jumping to conclusions, acting rashly
  • 脈絡 【ミャクラク】 logical connection, chain of reasoning, coherence, context, blood vessel

Kun reading compounds

  • 絡む 【からむ】 to twine, to get tangled, to get entangled, to get caught (in), to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter), to get involved (in), to be a factor (in), to have an influence, to pick a quarrel (with), to find fault (with), to pester, to hassle
  • 絡まる 【からまる】 to be entwined, to be involved

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo4, lao4
Korean:
rag

Spanish

  • entrelazar
  • enredar
  • rodear
  • ser atrapado
  • ser envuelto
  • ser enredado

Portuguese

  • enroscar
  • enrolar
  • ser apanhado em

French

  • enlacer
  • entrelacer
  • s'enrouler autour
  • s'empêtrer dans
1890 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
958 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3533 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
944 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
817 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
840 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
859 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
300 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1536 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1709 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1238 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1362 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27426 Morohashi
1351 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4484 New Nelson (John Haig)
1350 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1450 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1578 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2777 2001 Kanji
6a6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2796.4 Four corner code
1-45-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d61 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
number, strength, fate, law, figures
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
  • 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles

Kun reading compounds

  • 数 【かず】 number, amount
  • 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
  • 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
  • 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
  • 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
  • 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly

Readings

Japanese names:
じゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4, shu3, shuo4
Korean:
su, chog

Spanish

  • número
  • cifra
  • contar

Portuguese

  • número
  • vigor
  • destino
  • lei
  • figuras

French

  • nombre
  • compter
  • destin
  • loi
  • chiffres
262 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
168 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
151 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2057 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
429 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
592 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2169 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2245 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13319 Morohashi
1790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2353 New Nelson (John Haig)
929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
159 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1066 2001 Kanji
4i9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9844.0 Four corner code
1-31-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6570 Unicode hex code