21 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect

Kun'yomi
  • to coil around ②to be related to
  • to put on
  • to collect ②to summarize ③to bring to a conclusion ④to establish
  • to find resolution ②to be collected ③to be well arranged
  • battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather ②fireman's standard (Edo period)
On'yomi
  • テン
  • デン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

wear, wrap, tie
まと.う まつ.わる テン (Kentei Pre-1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
fine residence, shop, store
テン みせ やしき (Kentei 1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)

Common Words

to coil around ②to be related to
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ②livery coat ③half the sky ④mid-air
someone or something that just gets in the way
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
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References

Unicode hex code 7E8F
JIS X 0208 1-37-27
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3624
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4612
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1432
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1814
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1302
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2663
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2705
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 28043
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a16.1
Four corner code 2091.4