漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
紡: spinning
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 方 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ボウbou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 紡績ぼうせきspinning (textiles)
- 紡織ぼうしょくspinning and weaving
- 混紡こんぼうmixed yarn; mixed spinning
つむぐtsumugu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 紡ぐつむぐto spin; to make yarn
- 紡ぎ歌つむぎうたspinning song
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
紡 takes the 方 family's reading, ボウ (bou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side紡 spinning · 方
vs紋 family crest · 文In ChineseSimplified 纺 · traditional, as in Japanese · fǎng
Japan keeps the traditional form 紡; mainland China simplifies it to 纺.
- Simplified
- 纺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 紡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fǎng 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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