括 — fasten, tie up, arrest

くくる括 fasten

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+62EC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1026 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #714 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fasten
tie up
arrest
constrict

word

くく kuku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

括(くく) る kukuru to bundle

かつ katsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

一(いっ) 括(かつ) ikkatsu lump together 総(そう) 括(かつ) soukatsu summary 包(ほう) 括(かつ) houkatsu inclusion 統(とう) 括(かつ) toukatsu overall control

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

した舌 tongue #135

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