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縁

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • affinity
  • relation
  • connection
  • edge
  • border
  • verge
  • brink

On'yomi (音読み)

  • エン
  • -ネン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ふち
  • ふち.どる
  • ゆかり
  • よすが
  • へり
  • えにし
Strokes
15
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1070
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
糸#120 · silk

Components

Common Words

  • 縁ふちNoun
    rim, brim, edge
  • 無縁むえんno-adjective
    unrelated, unconnected, irrelevant
  • 因縁いんねんNoun
    fate, destiny
  • 血縁けつえんNoun
    blood relationship, consanguinity
  • 絶縁ぜつえんNoun
    breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past)
  • 縁側えんがわNoun
    engawa, external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses
  • 縁談えんだんNoun
    marriage proposal, marriage talks
  • 縁起えんぎNoun
    omen, sign of luck

Practice in Kanjiru

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