漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
綻: be rent, ripped
Also: unravel, run, begin to open, smile
N1 (our estimate)14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 定 is drawn in
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
タンtan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 破綻はたんfailure; collapse; breakdown
- 経営破綻けいえいはたんbusiness failure
ほころびるhokorobiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 綻びるほころびるto come apart at the seams; to be ripped
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
定
Also built on determine (定)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side綻 be rent · 定
vs綜 rule · 宗In ChineseSimplified 绽 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 綻; mainland China simplifies it to 绽.
- Simplified
- 绽 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 綻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhàn 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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