えん
縁
ぎ
起

noun

  1. omen, sign of luck.
  2. origin, history, causation.
  3. Buddhist term.dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing. Abbreviation. Orig. meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
えん
縁
ぎ
起
 縁起 えんぎ ✔
いんえん
縁起
 縁起 いんえん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

affinity, relation, connection
エン　-ネン　ふち (Early Jr. High, N1)
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)
divination
タン (Kentei 1)
pig's head radical variant (no. 58)
ケイ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
シ (Kentei 1)
rouse, wake up, get up
お.きる　キ　おこ.す (3rd, N4)
run
はし.る　ソウ　はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
self
コ　おのれ　キ (6th, N1)