繕 — kanji meaning “darning”
繕
darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust
- Meanings
- darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust
- On'yomi
- ゼン (zen)
- Kun'yomi
- つくろ.う
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2195 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- shàn — Chinese character page
Words with 繕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修繕 | しゅうぜん shuuzen | repair; mending |
| 営繕 | えいぜん eizen | maintenance and repair; upkeep (of equipment) |
| 繕う | つくろう tsukurou | to mend; to patch up; to repair |
| 取り繕う | とりつくろう toritsukurou | to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front) |
| 繕い | つくろい tsukuroi | mending; repair; darning |
| 見繕う | みつくろう mitsukurou | to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing |
| 言い繕う | いいつくろう iitsukurou | to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over |
| 羽繕い | はづくろい hazukuroi | preening |
| 修繕工 | しゅうぜんこう shuuzenkou | repair man |
| 修繕工場 | しゅうぜんこうじょう shuuzenkoujou | repair shop |
| 修繕費 | しゅうぜんひ shuuzenhi | cost of repairs; repair costs |
| 身繕い | みづくろい mizukuroi | dressing oneself; personal grooming |
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