Keyword
connected by fate
- affinity
- relation
- connection
- edge
- border
- verge
- brink
- Frequency
- #1291
- Strokes
- 15
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 1472
Readings
エン86%
ふち14%
Mnemonic
The red thread on your little finger leads past a partially buried broken trident straight to a wild pig: apparently you two are connected by fate.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
無縁
unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; …
No-adjective
縁起
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; causation; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
Noun
因縁
fate; destiny; connection; tie; bond; origin; pretext; justification; hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
Noun
絶縁
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
Noun
縁
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection; family ties; affinity; opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship); …
Noun
縁側
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
Noun
縁日
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
Noun
縁
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
Noun