Kanji
縁
kanji character
affinity
relation
connection
edge
border
verge
brink
縁 kanji-縁 affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
縁
Meaning
affinity relation connection
Readings
Kun'yomi
- ふち どる to border
- ふち なし rimless (e.g. glasses)
- ふち どり hemming
- ふちどる
- ゆかり のいろ violet
- よすが
- へり かめむし coreid bug
- くろ へり めじろ copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)
- ほそ へり かめむし Riptortus pedestris (species of broad-headed bug)
- えにし
On'yomi
- む えん unrelated
- えん ぎ omen
- えん がわ engawa
- いん ねん fate
- あくいん ねん evil destiny
- いわれいん ねん origin
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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縁 edge (of a river, woods, etc.)... -
無 縁 unrelated, unconnected, irrelevant... -
縁 起 omen, sign of luck, origin... -
縁 側 engawa, external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses, bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)... -
縁 談 marriage proposal, marriage talks -
血 縁 blood relationship, consanguinity, blood relative -
因 縁 fate, destiny, connection... -
絶 縁 breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past)... -
縁 故 relation, connection, affinity -
地 縁 territorial relationship, regional bond -
額 縁 (picture) frame, architrave (of a door, window... -
縁 日 temple festival, fair, fete day... -
縁 者 relative, relation -
縁 組 forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.)... -
縁 台 bench -
縁 の下 out of sight, in the background, unnoticed... -
縁 切 りseparation, divorce, severing of connections -
内 縁 de facto marriage, common-law marriage -
縁 組 みforming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.)... -
縁 遠 いunconnected, weakly related, alien... -
縁 結 びmarriage, marriage tie, love knot -
縁 むすびmarriage, marriage tie, love knot -
遠 縁 distant relative -
離 縁 divorce, dissolution of adoption -
結 縁 making a connection (with Buddha) -
縁 起 物 talisman, lucky charm -
縁 起 ものtalisman, lucky charm -
養 子 縁 組 adoption (of a person) -
養 子 縁 組 みadoption (of a person) -
縁 家 related family