"縁" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common], [kyūjitai]
  1. hem Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-character-1KD~zJkL
  2. margin Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-character-NOOfZi~1
  3. reason Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-character-j8~M9nWx
  4. cause Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-character-an7x7Z8V Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Common kanji: 14 16 14 29 14 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 16 19 15 27 6 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 7 10 8 66 2 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 6 10 7 67 2 7
  5. karma Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-character-bUue5iAo
  6. destiny; fate Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-character-fgqvqxrM

Noun

IPA: [ẽ̞ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (えん)), en [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 緣 (MC ywen). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|緣}} 緣 (MC ywen) Head templates: {{ja-noun|えん}} 縁(えん) • (en)
  1. fate, destiny
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-noun-M3SW~3gm
  2. relationship
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-noun-KNnnu7-B
  3. connection, bond, tie
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-noun-PBRFSDzE
  4. cause
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-noun-an7x7Z8V
  5. 縁, 椽: (Japanese architecture) a veranda or terrace surrounding a house: engawa Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: 縁側
    Sense id: en-縁-ja-noun-WPEySdtS Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 9 2 17 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 6 2 16 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 9 7 2 18 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 6 2 15 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for 縁 meaning in Japanese (4.0kB)

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