Kanken 1 / Pre-Level 1
繼

Meaning

Kanji 繼

graft (tree)

graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
つ.ぐまま-
Onyomi 音読み
ケイ
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 継 (Shinjitai) , 㡭 (Itaiji) , 继 (Itaiji)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
20
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1 / Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
斷 • 㡭 • 檵 • 䜝 • 䠪

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は父の仕事を繼いだ。

He succeeded to his father's work.

祖母の店は娘が繼ぐことになった。

My grandmother's shop will be inherited by her daughter.

話を繼いで続きを聞かせてください。

Please continue the story and tell me the rest.

切れた糸を繼いでまた使えるようにした。

I joined the broken thread so it could be used again.

古い着物に繼を当てて直した。

The old kimono was repaired with a patch.