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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

繕: darning, repair

Also: mend, trim, tidy up, adjust

JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 善 gives the sound

18 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ゼンzen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 修繕しゅうぜんrepair; mending
  • 営繕えいぜんmaintenance and repair

つくろうtsukurou · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 繕うつくろうto mend; to patch up; to repair

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

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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.”
More in the 糸 thread story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

All 71
善

Also built on virtuous (善)

繕 takes the 善 family's reading, ゼン (zen).

Also read ゼン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
繕 darning · 糸
vs膳 small low table · 月
繕 has 糸 where 膳 has 月.
In ChineseSimplified 缮 · traditional, as in Japanese · shàn

Japan keeps the traditional form 繕; mainland China simplifies it to 缮.

Simplified
缮 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
繕 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shàn 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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