Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

括: fasten, tie up

Also: arrest, constrict

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 舌 gives the sound

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カツkatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 包括ほうかつinclusion; complete coverage
  • 総括そうかつsummarization; summary; generalization
  • 一括いっかつlumping together; summing up; bundle
  • 統括とうかつunification; bringing together
  • 括弧かっこbrackets; parentheses

くくるkukuru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 括るくくるto tie up; to tie together; to bind

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
舌

Also built on tongue (舌)

All 5

括 takes the 舌 family's reading, カツ (katsu).

Also read カツ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
括 fasten · 扌
vs活 lively · 氵
括 has 扌 where 活 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kuò

Same form: 括 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
括 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
括 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin kuò most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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