Japanese symbol for “rags”
綴れ
つづれ
Romaji: tsuzure
rags; tattered clothes
In Japanese, rags is 綴れ, read つづれ (tsuzure).
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Meanings
- n rags; tattered clothes
- n (hand-woven) tapestry
- n sakiori; rag weaving; cloth woven partly from strips of old cloth
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “rags”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 襤褸 | ぼろ boro | tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 綴り | つづり tsuzuri | spelling; orthography |
| 綴る | つづる tsuzuru | to spell |
| 綴じる | とじる tojiru | to bind; to file |
| 補綴 | ほてつ hotetsu | mending; revision; supplementation |
| 綴じ込み | とじこみ tojikomi | file (for holding papers) |
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