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繋 = 糸 + 車 + 殳

繋 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “link up”. It is built from 糸 (thread), 車 (car) and 殳 (weapon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2697.

Keyword
link up
RTK frame
2697
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つな.ぐ, かか.る, か.ける
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
tie, связывать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
繋 attach

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 糸 thread
  2. 車 car
  3. 殳 weapon

How to find 繋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “thread” + “car” + “weapon”. 繋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 繋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.