The kanji 継: meaning, readings and stroke order
継
- Meaning
- succeed, connect
- On reading
- ケイ kei
- Kun reading
- つ(ぐ) tsugu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 繼
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nối, kế tục (kế)
- Japanese
- つぐ。つなぐ。
- Korean
- 잇다 (계)
- Chinese
- 继承、接续 (继)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading
中継
live broadcast, relay
試合を 中継で 見ます。
I watch the game on a live broadcast.
つ(ぐ) tsugu · kun reading
継ぐ
to take over, to carry on
父の 仕事を 継ぎます。
I will take over my dad's work.
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In Dino Kids your child writes 継 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.