繰
winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to
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
20 of 79- 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
Study
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.