縁

bond; edge; affinity; relation; connection; border; verge; brink

15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1291.

Readings

エン (on reading): 縁 (えん) fate; 近縁 (きんえん) close relation (association)
ふち (kun reading): 縁取る (ふちどる) to border; 額縁 (がくぶち) (picture) frame
ネン (on reading): 因縁 (いんねん) fate; 十二因縁 (じゅうにいんねん) the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
ふちどる (kun reading)
ゆかり (kun reading): 縁の色 (ゆかりのいろ) violet
よすが (kun reading)
へり (kun reading): 薄縁 (うすべり) thin, bordered mat; 畳縁 (たたみべり) the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat
えにし (kun reading)

縁 (えん) fate
近縁 (きんえん) close relation (association)
縁起 (えんぎ) omen
血縁 (けつえん) blood relationship
無縁 (むえん) unrelated
縁取る (ふちどる) to border
額縁 (がくぶち) (picture) frame
縁取り (ふちどり) hemming
縁飾り (ふちかざり) edging
黒縁 (くろぶち) black rim
因縁 (いんねん) fate
十二因縁 (じゅうにいんねん) the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
悪因縁 (あくいんねん) evil destiny
因果因縁 (いんがいんねん) cause and effect
因縁をつける (いんねんをつける) to invent a pretext for a quarrel
縁の色 (ゆかりのいろ) violet
薄縁 (うすべり) thin, bordered mat
畳縁 (たたみべり) the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat
縁付き (へりつき) deckle-edged (e.g. paper)
木に縁って魚を求む (きによってうおをもとむ) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method
木に縁りて魚を求む (きによりてうおをもとむ) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method

206 words in all.