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Kanji Detail for 括 - "to bind, to bundle"

括

  • Meaning

    括 means "to bind, to bundle." Also associated with to include.

    1. Bind - To tie together.

    2. Bundle - To group together.

    3. Include - To contain within.

  • Words using 括

    • 包括 ほうかつ Listen inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness
    • 一括 いっかつ Listen lumping together; summing up; bundle
    • 統括 とうかつ Listen unification; bringing together; generalization
    • 括る くくる Listen to tie up; to tie together; to bind
    • 括弧 かっこ Listen brackets; parentheses

  • Tattoo check: 括

    • Verified meaning: to bind, to bundle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつ, くくる)
    • Also carries these associations: to include

    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 括

    Given names 括(かつ)Listen 括(くくる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fasten; tie up; arrest; constrict

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    include, embrace, enclose

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise; to put (text) in brackets; Taiwan pr. [gua1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to embrace, to enclose, to include

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

    To include. Such as 囊括四海, meaning encompassing everything. | To bind. Such as tying hair being 括髮. | The end of an arrow is 括.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    katsu(カツ) カツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuku.ru(くく-る) くく-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to bind to bundle to include arrowhead bracket parenthesis summarize consolidate group unify classify contain tie package

Sentences including 括

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