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続 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
ゾク・ショクぞく・しょく · zoku · shoku
Kun
つづ(く)・つづ(ける)tsuzu(ku) · tsuzu(keru)
Meaning
continue

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: 糸 (thread) for meaning and 売 for sound; like threads joined together, 'to continue.'

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゾクぞくzoku続出ぞくしゅつ続行ぞっこう連続れんぞく
Kunつづくtsuzuku続くつづく続きつづき
Kunつづけるtsuzukeru続けるつづける

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 連続れんぞく

    continuation, in a row

  • 手続きてつづき

    procedure

More words with this kanji

  • 継続けいぞく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

雨(あめ)が三(みっ)日(か)も続(つづ)いています。

The rain has continued for three days.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading ゾクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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