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

糾

  • Meaning

    糾 means "to investigate, to twist." Also associated with to correct.

    1. Investigate - To examine thoroughly.

    2. Twist - To wind together.

    3. Correct - To rectify errors.

  • Words using 糾

    • 紛糾 ふんきゅう Listen complication; confusion; disorder

  • Tattoo check: 糾

    • Verified meaning: to investigate, to twist
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, たけし, ただし, ただす)
    • Also carries these associations: to correct

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 糾

    Given names 糾(ただし)Listen 糾(ただす)Listen 糾(れい)Listen

    Surnames 糾(おさむ)Listen 糾(たけし)Listen

  • 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

    tip

    kyuu(キュウ) キュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tada.su(ただ-す) ただ-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to investigate to twist to correct entangle gather rectify straighten unravel analyze clarify examine fix inspect mend probe research resolve scrutinize sort out

Sentences including 糾

  • When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.

  • We must investigate social abuses.

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