The kanji 結: meaning, readings and stroke order
結
- Meaning
- tie, conclude
- On reading
- ケツ ketsu
- Kun reading
- むす(ぶ) musubu、ゆ(う) yuu、ゆ(わえる) yuwaeru
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- buộc, kết lại (kết)
- Japanese
- むすぶ。しめくくる。
- Korean
- 묶다, 맺다 (결)
- Chinese
- 打结、结束 (结)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケツ ketsu · on reading
結果
result
テストの 結果が 出ました。
The test results are out.
むす(ぶ) musubu · kun reading
結ぶ
to tie
くつの ひもを 結びます。
I tie my shoelaces.
ゆ(う) yuu · kun reading · less common
結う
to do up (hair)
姉は かみを 結って います。
My big sister has her hair tied up.
ゆ(わえる) yuwaeru · kun reading · less common
結わえる
to tie up
荷を ひもで 結わえます。
I tie up the bundle with string.
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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.