維

maintain; fiber; tie; rope

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 643.

Readings

• イ (on reading): 維持 (いじ) maintenance; 明治維新 (めいじいしん) Meiji Restoration (1868)

Components

• 糸
• 隹
• 小 radical small
• 幺 radical short thread
• 糸 radical thread
• 隹 radical short-tailed bird

Kanji containing 維

• 羅 gauze

Words using 維

• 維持 (いじ) maintenance
• 明治維新 (めいじいしん) Meiji Restoration (1868)
• 繊維 (せんい) fibre
• 維新 (いしん) reformation
• 日本維新の会 (にっぽんいしんのかい) Japan Innovation Party
• 維摩経 (ゆいまきょう) Vimalakirti Sutra
• 維摩 (ゆいま) Vimalakirti

102 words in all.

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