纏
wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect
Readings
On'yomi
- テン
- デン
Kun'yomi
- まつ.わる
- まと.う
- まと.める
- まと.まる
- まと.い
Meaning
纏 centers on gathering things together by winding or binding: wrapping, tying, wearing something wrapped, or collecting items into one bundle. The sense of following around extends this idea of staying closely attached.
Most common words using 纏
20 of 23- 纏まるまとまるN3
to find resolution; to be settled; to be agreed on; to be completed
- 纏うまとう
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
- 纏まりまとまりN1
unity; coherence; consistency; coordination; order
- 纏まとい
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
- 取り纏めとりまとめ
collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination
- 手纏たまき
bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow)
- 纏わるまつわる
to coil around; to follow about
- 纏わり付くまとわりつく
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to)
- 半纏はんてん
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets
- 纏足てんそく
foot-binding
- ねんねこ半纏ねんねこばんてん
short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back
- 半纏木はんてんぼく
tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); tuliptree; yellow poplar
- 印半纏しるしばんてん
livery coat
- 情緒纏綿じょうしょてんめん
tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)
- 纏いつくまといつく
to entwine; to follow about
- 纏まったまとまった
large; heavy; massed; quite a lot; large amount; sizable (e.g. sum)
- 纏めサイトまとめサイト
summary site; aggregation site; type of site which features summaries of online discussion threads and blogs
- 纏るまつる
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
- 纏綿てんめん
entanglement; clinging affection; involvement
- 纏縛てんばく
binding firmly; restraining; restricting; confining; entangling
Study
Etymology
纏 combines 糸 (thread) with 廛, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of winding or binding. The thread radical reinforces the action of wrapping or tying with thread.
Meaning mnemonic
Thread 糸 on the left wraps around the complex right side 廛, like winding thread around a bundle to tie everything together. This bundling action captures wearing, wrapping, and collecting.
Reading mnemonic
For テン, imagine wrapping a bundle so tightly that it creates tension: ten-sion -> テン, and the thread holds everything together.