Japanese Kanji

raku

entwine · coil around · get caught in

Secondary school · JLPT N2 · 12 strokes

Readings

  • ONラクraku
  • KUNから.むkara
  • KUNから.まるkara

Meaning

Entwine, coil around, get caught in.

Stroke order for 絡

絡 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 12 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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