Kanji

縁

affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

糸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

エン, -ネン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ふち, ふちどる, ゆかり, よすが, へり, えにし

Nanori (Name Reading)

まさ, むね, やす, ゆか, ゆかり, よ, よし, より

Common Readings

エン, ふち

Example sentences

えん
今日 ここ あなた 会えた 何か でしょう

It must be some kind of fate that we met here today.

振り合う ふりあう
振り合う 多生 いう ことわざ ある

There is a proverb that says, 'Even brushing sleeves is a karmic connection from a previous life.'

無縁 むえん
不摂生 生活 送っており 健康 無縁

He leads an unhealthy life and is far removed from health.

因縁 いんねん
二つ チーム 深い 因縁 ある

There is a deep history between the two teams.

縁談 えんだん
両親 持ってきた 縁談 きっぱり 断った

He flatly refused the marriage talk brought by his parents.

血縁 けつえん
血縁 ない

I have no blood relation with him.

縁側 えんがわ
おじいさん 縁側 日向ぼっこ している

The old man is basking in the sun on the veranda.

涼む すずむ
縁側 涼む 一番

On a summer night, cooling off on the veranda is the best.

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