継 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道4Junior high level ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- ケイけい · kei
- Kun
- つ(ぐ)・まま-tsu(gu) · mama
- Meaning
- succeed to; continue
Stroke order
Origin
糸 "thread" with 㡭 "to join": to join a broken thread — to succeed to, to continue.
Readings and examples
| Onケイけいkei | 継続けいぞく継承けいしょう中継ちゅうけい |
|---|---|
| Kunつぐtsugu | 継ぐつぐ継ぎつぎ Compare: 接ぐ・次ぐ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 継続けいぞく
continuation
- 後継こうけい
succession; successor
- 継承けいしょう
Example
父の仕事を継ぐつもりだ。
I intend to succeed to my father's work.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)