Kanji Detail for 糾 - "investigate, twist, correct"

糾

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
糾 means "investigate, twist, correct."
1. Investigate - To examine thoroughly.
2. Twist - To wind together.
3. Correct - To rectify errors.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

twist; ask; investigate; verify

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

investigate, inspect

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to gather together; to investigate; to entangle; to correct

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

tangled; to investigate, to unravel

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Three strands twisted into rope. Hence joining together is called 糾. Such as saying 糾纏 (entangle), 糾葛 (complications). Assembling people is also called 糾眾. | To supervise. Such as 糾察 (inspect). All that is called 糾 means correcting faults. Such as saying 繩愆糾繆 (correcting errors). Hence impeachment is also called 糾舉.
Onyomi

kyu(きゅ)
Kunyomi

azana.u(あざなう)

tada.su(ただす)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

糸 (ito・itohen)
Related Keywords
investigate twist examine probe inquire correct rectify censure impeach wind twine intertwine braid rope cord entangle unite gather combine