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繰: winding, reel

Also: spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to

JLPT N119 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 喿 gives the sound

19 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

くるkuru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 繰入くりいれinward transfer (of money)
  • 繰り返しくりかえしrepetition; repeat; reiteration
  • 繰り返すくりかえすto repeat; to do over again
  • 資金繰りしきんぐりfundraising; financing; cash flow
  • 繰り上げくりあげupward move; advance
  • 繰り延べくりのべpostponement
  • 繰り出すくりだすto draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope)
  • 繰り上げるくりあげるto move up; to advance

Also read ソウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
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
喿

Also built on 喿

繰 takes the 喿 family's reading, ソウ (sou).

Also read ソウ

56 kanji share this on'yomiAll 56

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
繰 winding · 糸
vs燥 parch · 火
繰 has 糸 where 燥 has 火.
In ChineseSimplified 缲 · traditional, as in Japanese · qiāo

Japan keeps the traditional form 繰; mainland China simplifies it to 缲.

Simplified
缲 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
繰 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qiāo 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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