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Kanji Detail for 綻 - "to bloom"

綻

  • Meaning

    綻 means "to bloom." Also associated with to come undone, to break down.

    1. To come undone - To unravel; seams coming apart.

    2. To bloom - A flower bud opening.

    3. To break down - To collapse; to fall apart (as in "bankruptcy").

  • Words using 綻

    • 破綻 はたん Listen failure; collapse; breakdown
    • 綻びる ほころびる Listen to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn

  • Origin of 綻

    糸, the thread radical, beside 定, which supplies the sound, giving tan: a seam coming apart. Japanese kept both directions of it — 破綻 is a rupture or a bankruptcy, but 綻びる is also a bud opening and a smile breaking out.

    How to remember it: Thread 糸 giving way — the seam, the bud, or the smile.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: to bloom
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いうえ, いすけ, いのうえ)
    • Also carries these associations: to come undone, to break down

    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 綻

    Surnames 綻(いうえ)Listen 綻(いすけ)Listen 綻(いのうえ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    be rent; ripped; unravel; run; begin to open; smile

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ripped seam, rend, crack

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to burst open; to split at the seam

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams

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

    A clothing seam. Colloquially, seams coming apart is also called 脫綻. | Full. Such as 精綻 (plump), 飽綻 (bursting full).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tan(タン) タン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hokoro.biru(ほころ-びる) ほころ-びる

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to come undone to bloom to break down crack split burst open up blossom fissure fracture rend rupture seams separate unravel

Sentences including 綻

  • Lend your money and lose your friend.

  • His professional career was bankrupt.

  • The nation's finances are bankrupt because of the war.

  • This project is on a path to failure.

  • Because he was unemployed, their wedlock failed.

  • Because he was unemployed, their wedlock failed.

  • Ask her if she'll sew up the hole in your jeans.

  • She passed the thread through the eye of the needle and quickly mended the tear.

  • From what I've heard, their marriage is on the rocks.

  • Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.

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