束
bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control
7 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 918.
Readings
- ソク (on reading): 約束 (やくそく) promise; 拘束 (こうそく) restriction
- たば (kun reading): 束 (たば) bundle; 花束 (はなたば) bunch of flowers
- たばねる (kun reading): 束ねる (たばねる) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters)
- つか (kun reading): 稲束 (いなづか) sheaf of rice; 束 (つか) strut
- つかねる (kun reading): 手を束ねる (てをつかねる) to fold one's arms
- Read as a whole word: 亀の子束子 (かめのこたわし) tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)
Components
- 木
- 口
- 一 radical one
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 口 radical mouth
- 木 radical tree
Kanji containing 束
- 速 quick
- 頼 trust
- 疎 alienate
- 漱 gargle
- 勅 imperial order
- 剌 opposed
- 柬 select
- 悚 fear
- 敕 an imperial order or decree
- 竦 crouch
- 嗽 rinse
- 踈 neglect
- 辣 pungent
Words using 束
- 約束 (やくそく) promise
- 拘束 (こうそく) restriction
- 収束 (しゅうそく) conclusion
- 束縛 (そくばく) restraint
- 結束 (けっそく) union
- 束 (たば) bundle
- 花束 (はなたば) bunch of flowers
- 札束 (さつたば) bundle of banknotes
- 毛束 (けたば) bundle of hair
- 竹束 (たけたば) bamboo bundle
- 束ねる (たばねる) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters)
- 稲束 (いなづか) sheaf of rice
- 束 (つか) strut
- 不束者 (ふつつかもの) inexperienced person
- 束柱 (つかばしら) short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge
- 手を束ねて (てをつかねて) doing nothing
- 手を束ねる (てをつかねる) to fold one's arms
- 亀の子束子 (かめのこたわし) tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)
124 words in all.