Kanji N2

絡: entwine, coil around, get caught in

絡 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning entwine, coil around, get caught in, written with 12 strokes. It is read ラク (on) and からむ, からまる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 連絡 (れんらく, contacting) and 絡む (からむ, to twine).

絡

Meanings

  • entwine
  • coil around
  • get caught in
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#806 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ラク

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

Kun reading
  • からむ
  • からまる

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 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 絡

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

  • 連絡れんらく

    contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch

    JLPT N4
  • 絡むからむ

    to twine; to get tangled; to get entangled

    JLPT N1
  • 絡みからみ

    linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship

  • 短絡たんらく

    short circuit; short

  • 脈絡みゃくらく

    logical connection; chain of reasoning

  • ご連絡ごれんらく

    contacting; getting in touch; communication

  • 連絡先れんらくさき

    contact information (address, phone number, etc.)

  • 絡み合うからみあう

    to intertwine; to become entangled

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.