束 — bundle, sheaf, ream

たば束 bundle

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+675F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #918 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1793 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

bundle
sheaf
ream
tie in bundles
govern
manage
control

word

たば taba 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).

束(たば) taba bundle 花(はな) 束(たば) hanataba bouquet

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

約(やく) 束(そく) yakusoku promise 結(けっ) 束(そく) kessoku unity 拘(こう) 束(そく) kousoku restraint 束(そく) 縛(ばく) sokubaku restraint

Appears in idioms

二束三文四字熟語

two, bundle, three, sentence

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

くち口 mouth #30

ひ日 sun #72

Used as component in (6)

ひがし東 east はやい速 quick たのむ頼 trust うとい疎 alienate ちょく勅 imperial order らつ辣 pungent

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree