The kanji 紡: meaning, readings and stroke order

紡

Meaning: spin (thread)
On reading: ボウ bou
Kun reading: つむ（ぐ） tsumugu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kéo sợi, se chỉ (phưởng)
Japanese: わたやまゆからいとをつくる。
Korean: 실을 잣다 (방)
Chinese: 纺、纺纱 (纺)

Readings, words and example sentences

ボウ bou · on reading · less common

紡ぼう績せき
spinning (thread)
紡ぼう績せきの工場を見学します。
We visit a spinning mill.

つむ（ぐ） tsumugu · kun reading · less common

紡つむぐ
to spin (thread)
綿から糸を 紡つむぎます。
Thread is spun from cotton.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.