縁 Kanji for connection

N1Grade 815 strokes

connection, affinity, relation, edge, border, verge, brink

Kun: ふち、ふちど.る、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし
On: エン、-ネン

縁 is the Japanese kanji for connection, affinity, relation, edge, border, verge, brink. It is written with 15 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is ふち、ふちど.る、ゆかり and its on reading is エン、-ネン.

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Words with 縁

縁ふちrim, brim, edge
無む縁えんunrelated, unconnected, irrelevant
血けつ縁えんblood relationship, consanguinity
縁えん起ぎomen, sign of luck
因いん縁ねんfate, destiny
絶ぜつ縁えんbreaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past)

Practice 縁 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.