The kanji 縫: meaning, readings and stroke order
縫
- Meaning
- sew
- On reading
- ホウ hou
- Kun reading
- ぬ(う) nuu
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khâu, may (phùng)
- Japanese
- ぬう。はりと いとで つなぐ。
- Korean
- 꿰매다, 바느질하다 (봉)
- Chinese
- 缝、缝补 (缝)
Readings, words and example sentences
ホウ hou · on reading · less common
縫製
sewing (making clothes)
縫製の 工場を 見学します。
We tour a sewing factory.
ぬ(う) nuu · kun reading
縫う
to sew
やぶれた 服を 縫います。
I sew up my torn clothes.
Practise writing 縫 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 縫 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 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.