Kanji Dictionary

affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink 縁

Readings:
エン, -ネン, ふち, ふちど.る, ゆかり, よすが, へり, えにし
Main radical: 糸 (120) Radicals: ヨ糸幺小豕
Z variant: 緣 non japanese kanji
Strokes: 15 Jouyou: 8 JIS: 12655
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縁えん (1)fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), (2)relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, (3)family ties, affinity; (4)fate, destiny (esp. as mix

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縁ふち (1)fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), (2)relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, (3)family ties, affinity; (4)fate, destiny (esp. as mix

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木に縁って魚を求むきによってうおをもとむ (id) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)baka

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遠縁とおえん distant relativekazoku

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縁起がいいえんぎがいい good omenkami

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縁起えんぎ omenkami

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縁日えんにち Ritual dayskami