Kanji N1

繰: winding, reel, spin

繰 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning winding, reel, spin, written with 19 strokes. It is read ソウ (on) and くる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 繰り返す (くりかえす, to repeat) and 繰り返し (くりかえし, repetition).

繰

Meanings

  • winding
  • reel
  • spin
  • turn (pages)
  • look up
  • refer to
Strokes19
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#872 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ

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

Kun reading
  • くる

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 19. Start at the dot.

Common words with 繰

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

  • 繰り返すくりかえす

    to repeat; to do over again

    JLPT N3
  • 繰り返しくりかえし

    repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration

  • 資金繰りしきんぐり

    fundraising; financing; cash flow

  • 繰り上げくりあげ

    upward move; advance

  • 繰り延べくりのべ

    postponement

  • 繰入くりいれ

    inward transfer (of money)

  • 繰り出すくりだす

    to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope)

  • 繰るくる

    to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)

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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.