| 1030 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1362 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3585 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1244 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1641 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2660 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1183 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 732 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1754 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1269 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1384 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27656P | Morohashi |
| 1386 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1372 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1472 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1790 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 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
Kun reading compounds
- 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
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon, dan
Spanish
- afinidad
- relación
- conexión
- borde
- frontera
- margen
Portuguese
- afinidade
- relação
- conexão
- margem
- borda
- limite
- extremidade
French
- affinité
- relation
- karma
- rapport
- bord
- bordure
| 2751 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a9.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 2793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7e01 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 石 【セキ】 counter for jewels in a watch, counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
- 石材 【セキザイ】 (building) stone
- 一石 【イッセキ】 one game (of go)
- 投石 【トウセキ】 stone throwing
- 石神 【シャクジン】 stone which is worshipped, image of a god in stone
- 石南花 【シャクナゲ】 rhododendron
- 電磁石 【デンジシャク】 electromagnet
- 界磁石 【カイジシャク】 field magnet
- 石 【コク】 koku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres, measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
- 石高 【コクダカ】 (crop) yield, stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop), salary
- 一石 【イッコク】 one koku (measure)
Kun reading compounds
- 石 【いし】 stone, jewel, precious stone, flint (in a lighter), stone, stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.), calculus
- 石垣 【いしがき】 stone wall
- 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
- 敷石 【しきいし】 paving stone, pavement
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさ、 いす、 いわ、 し、 せっく、 と
- Korean:
- seog
Spanish
- piedra
Portuguese
- pedra
French
- pierre
| 44 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 72 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 45 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 276 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3176 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 102 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 763 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 172 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 78 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 78 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 102 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1397 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3689 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1884 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2564 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 114 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24024 | Morohashi |
| 2971 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3985 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 113 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 118 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 347 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 44 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 1026.0 | Four corner code |
| 1060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 77f3 | Unicode hex code |