Kanji N3

束: bundle, sheaf, ream

束 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning bundle, sheaf, ream, written with 7 strokes. It is read ソク (on) and たば, たばねる, つか (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 約束 (やくそく, promise) and 束 (たば, bundle).

束

Meanings

  • bundle
  • sheaf
  • ream
  • tie in bundles
  • govern
  • manage
  • control
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#918 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たば
  • たばねる
  • つか
  • つかねる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 7. Start at the dot.

Common words with 束

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 約束やくそく

    promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word

    JLPT N4
  • 束たば

    bundle; bunch; sheaf

    JLPT N3
  • 結束けっそく

    union; unity; solidarity

    JLPT N1
  • 拘束こうそく

    restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

    JLPT N1
  • 束の間つかのま

    moment; brief space of time

    JLPT N1
  • 束縛そくばく

    restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles

    JLPT N1
  • 花束はなたば

    bunch of flowers; bouquet

  • 札束さつたば

    bundle of banknotes; stack of bills

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.