縁
縁 — Affinity
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge
On’yomiエン (en)
On’yomi-ネン (-nen)
Kun’yomiふち (fuchi)
Kun’yomiふちどる (fuchidoru)
Kun’yomiゆかり (yukari)
Kun’yomiよすが (yosuga)
Kun’yomiへり (heri)
Stroke order (15 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 縁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 縁 | ふち fuchi | rim; brim; edge |
| 無縁 | むえん muen | unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant |
| 因縁 | いんねん innen | fate; destiny; connection |
| 血縁 | けつえん ketsuen | blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative |
| 縁起 | えんぎ engi | omen; sign of luck; origin |
| 縁側 | えんがわ engawa | engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish) |
Study notes
縁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1291 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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