14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

compose, spell, write, bind (books)

Kun'yomi
  • to bind ②to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
  • to spell ②to write ③to bind (e.g. documents)
  • spelling ②orthography ③patching
  • すみやか
On'yomi
  • テイ
  • テツ
  • テチ
  • ゲツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つづ 49.2%
つづり 47.0%
じる 3.8%

Character Breakdown

compose, spell, write
つづ.る つづり と.じる (Kentei Pre-1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
concatenate, compose, covered in a gauze like net
テイ テツ テチ
pair, set, comparison
ソウ ふた たぐい (8th, N2)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

to spell ②to write ③to bind (e.g. documents)
to bind ②to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
spelling ②orthography ③patching
(way of) literary composition ②(way of) spelling ③school composition
(hand-woven) brocade
Japanese-style bookbinding
binding a book in an oblong shape
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References

Unicode hex code 7DB4
JIS X 0208 1-36-54
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3562
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4526
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1381
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1746
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1264
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2073
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2222
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2530
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27579
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a8.5
Four corner code 2794.7