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Kanji

纏

wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

21 strokes

Radical

糸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

テン, デン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

まつわる, まとう, まとめる, まとまる, まとい

Example sentences

纏う まとう
彼女は漆黒のドレスを身に纏い、パーティー会場へと向かった。

She donned a jet-black dress and headed to the party venue.

貴女 きじょ
貴女は華やかなドレスを纏っていた。

The noblewoman was wearing a gorgeous dress.

身に纏う みにまとう
彼女は真っ赤なドレスを身に纏ってパーティーに現れた。

She appeared at the party wearing a bright red dress.

纏わりつく まとわりつく
家に帰ると、濡れた犬が飼い主の足に纏わりついて離れなかった。

When we got home, the wet dog clung to its owner’s legs and would not move away.

纏まる まとまる
長い会議の後で、意見が一つに纏まる。

After the long meeting, the opinions come together into one.

纏 まとい
消防団は祭りで纏を掲げ、町を練り歩いた。

During the festival, the volunteer fire brigade raised a traditional fire brigade standard and paraded through the town.

Example Vocabulary

纏う

まとう

to wear; to be clad in; to wrap around

身に纏う

みにまとう

to wear; to put on; to be clad in

纏める

まとめる

to collect; to put together; to summarize; to settle

纏わりつく

まとわりつく

to cling to; to stick close to; to keep hanging around

纏まる

まとまる

to come together; to be settled; to be organized

纏

まとい

a traditional standard carried by Japanese firefighters

付き纏う

つきまとう

纏わり付く

まとわりつく

足手纏い

あしでまとい

一糸纏わぬ

いっしまとわぬ

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