縁 — kanji meaning “affinity”
縁
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
- Meanings
- affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
- On'yomi
- エン (en)、-ネン (-nen)
- Kun'yomi
- ふち、ふち.どる、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1291 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- yuán
Words with 縁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無縁 | むえん muen | unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant |
| 縁起 | えんぎ engi | omen; sign of luck |
| 血縁 | けつえん ketsuen | blood relationship; consanguinity |
| 因縁 | いんねん innen | fate; destiny |
| 額縁 | がくぶち gakubuchi | (picture) frame |
| 縁側 | えんがわ engawa | engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses |
| 絶縁 | ぜつえん zetsuen | breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past) |
| 縁談 | えんだん endan | marriage proposal; marriage talks |
| 縁組 | えんぐみ engumi | forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.) |
| 縁日 | えんにち ennichi | temple festival; fair; fete day |
| 縁故 | えんこ enko | relation; connection; affinity |
| 内縁 | ないえん naien | de facto marriage; common-law marriage |
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