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繰

winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • く.る

Nanori

  • くり

Meaning

繰 centers on circular or repetitive motion involving thread or pages: winding, reeling, spinning, and turning pages. The lookup sense extends from flipping through pages to find something.

Most common words using 繰

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  • 繰り返しくりかえし

    repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle

  • 繰り返すくりかえす
    N3

    to repeat; to do over again

  • 繰り広げるくりひろげる

    to unfold; to unroll; to open

  • 繰り出すくりだす

    to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope)

  • 繰り上げくりあげ

    upward move; advance

  • やり繰りやりくり
    N1

    making do; getting by (somehow); managing

  • 資金繰りしきんぐり

    fundraising; financing; cash flow

  • 繰り下げくりさげ

    postponement; deferment; moving down

  • 手繰るたぐる

    to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to reel in

  • 繰り越しくりこし

    carry-over (of a balance, annual leave, etc.); carrying over; bringing forward; carrying forward; transfer

  • 手繰りてぐり

    reeling in by hand; winding by hand; spinning by hand

  • 繰り延べくりのべ

    postponement

  • 順繰りじゅんぐり

    (in) turn(s); (in) order

  • 繰り上げるくりあげる

    to move up; to advance

  • 繰り出し梯子くりだしはしご

    extension ladder; aerial ladder

  • 繰入くりいれ

    inward transfer (of money); carry over (money from previous period)

  • 繰るくる

    to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)

  • 繰り延べるくりのべる

    to postpone; to defer; to reschedule

  • 繰り上がるくりあがる

    to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced

  • 繰り下げるくりさげる

    to defer; to postpone; to move down

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Etymology

繰 combines 糸 (thread) with 喿, which likely contributes the sound and relates to the idea of winding or reeling thread. The modern form is consistent with this phono-semantic structure.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is thread 糸, and the right side 喿 looks like a spool with a top and bottom and a wooden core. Picture thread being wound around a spool, then imagine turning pages as if they were wound on a scroll.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine sewing thread onto a spool: sew -> ソウ, and the thread winds around neatly.