絡
絡 — Entwine
entwine, coil around, get caught in
On’yomiラク (raku)
Kun’yomiからむ (karamu)
Kun’yomiからまる (karamaru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 絡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 連絡 | れんらく renraku | contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch |
| 絡み | からみ karami | linkage; entanglement; involvement |
| ご連絡 | ごれんらく gorenraku | contacting; getting in touch; communication |
| 短絡 | たんらく tanraku | short circuit; short; illogical jump |
| 脈絡 | みゃくらく myakuraku | logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence |
| 絡む | からむ karamu | to twine; to get tangled; to get entangled |
Study notes
絡 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #806 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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