縺 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- レン
- Kun
- もつ.れる
- Meaning
- to get tangled
Origin
Thread 糸 with 連, to link, as phonetic: threads catching and snarling.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 縺れるもつれる
to get tangled
- 縺れもつれ
a tangle; a complication
Example
話が縺れて長引く。
The talks get tangled and drag on.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)