12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N1
tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Kun'yomi
む す ぶ to tie ②to bear (fruit) ③to close (e.g. deal) ④to connect (two distant places) ゆ う to do up (hair) ②to tie ゆ わ え る to bind
On'yomi
ケツ ケチ
Nanori
ゆい ゆう
Character Breakdown
tie, bind, contract
ケツ むす.ぶ ゆい (4th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
Common Words
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices ②prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice) ③fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple ④short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store
References
| Unicode hex code | 7D50 |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-23-75 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 3540 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 4492 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1348 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 1706 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 912 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 1235 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1351 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1451 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 163 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 2151 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 359 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 27398 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 472 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 485 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 494 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 390 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 816 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 497 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 586 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 109 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 302 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 1532 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1363 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 6a6.5 |
| Four corner code | 2496.1 |
| De Roo Code | 2777 |