繕
繕 — Darning
darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust
On’yomiゼン (zen)
Kun’yomiつくろう (tsukurou)
Stroke order (18 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 繕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修繕 | しゅうぜん shuuzen | repair; mending |
| 繕う | つくろう tsukurou | to mend; to patch up; to repair |
| 営繕 | えいぜん eizen | maintenance and repair; upkeep (of equipment) |
Study notes
繕 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2195 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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