繰
繰 — Winding
winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiくる (kuru)
Stroke order (19 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 繰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 繰り返し | くりかえし kurikaeshi | repetition; repeat; reiteration |
| 繰り返す | くりかえす kurikaesu | to repeat; to do over again |
| 資金繰り | しきんぐり shikinguri | fundraising; financing; cash flow |
| 繰り上げ | くりあげ kuriage | upward move; advance |
| 繰り延べ | くりのべ kurinobe | postponement |
| やり繰り | やりくり yarikuri | making do; getting by (somehow); managing |
Study notes
繰 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #872 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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