綢 — 14 strokes / Radical「糸」
道1University / general (hardest) / 14 strokes / Radical「糸」
- On
- チュウ・トウちゅう・とう · chū · tō
- Kun
- まとうmatō
- Meaning
- closely woven silk; to entwine
Stroke order
Origin
Thread 糸 with 周 as phonetic: silk woven close; also to wind about.
Compounds
- 綢繆ちゅうびゅう
close entwining; making ready beforehand
- 綢うまとう
to wrap round
Example
未雨綢繆の備えをする。
They make ready before the rain comes.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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