What does kanji 縺 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 縺 is fasten.

How is kanji 縺 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 縺 are もつ.れる; the onyomi readings are レン.

What words use kanji 縺?

Example words that use kanji 縺 include 縺れる, もつれ合う, もつれ込む, 縺れ.

Kanken 1

縺

Meaning

Kanji 縺

fasten

fasten, fetter, knot, tangle

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: もつ.れる
Onyomi 音読み: レン
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 17
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 謰 • 璉 • 鏈 • 嗹 • 連 • 蓮 • 漣

Related vocabulary

8 common entries

Showing 8 of 8 entries that include this kanji.

縺れる

もつれる

to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.)

もつれ合う

もつれあう

to get entangled (with each other)

もつれ込む

もつれこむ

to go to the next stage (after failing to reach a conclusion)

縺れ

もつれ

tangle

手蔓藻蔓

てづるもづる

basket star (any brittlestar of family Euryalina)

舌がもつれる

したがもつれる

to speak unclearly

足がもつれる

あしがもつれる

to trip (over one's own feet)

量子もつれ

りょうしもつれ

quantum entanglement

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

糸が縺れてほどけなくなった。

The thread got tangled and could not be untangled.

長い髪が風で縺れてしまった。

Her long hair got tangled in the wind.

コードが縺れないように箱にしまってください。

Please put the cord in the box so it does not get tangled.

縺れた縄をゆっくり解いた。

I slowly untied the tangled rope.

話が縺れて、結論が見えなくなった。

The discussion became tangled, and the conclusion was no longer clear.