繕
mend; darning; repair; trim; tidy up; adjust
18 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2195.
Readings
- ゼン (on reading): 修繕 (しゅうぜん) repair; 営繕 (えいぜん) maintenance and repair
- つくろう (kun reading): 見繕う (みつくろう) to choose (something) at one's discretion; 取り繕う (とりつくろう) to keep up (appearances)
Components
- 糸
- 善
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 口 radical mouth
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 王 radical king; jewel, left-side form of 玉
- 糸 radical thread
- 羊 radical sheep
Words using 繕
- 修繕 (しゅうぜん) repair
- 営繕 (えいぜん) maintenance and repair
- 修繕費 (しゅうぜんひ) cost of repairs
- 修繕工 (しゅうぜんこう) repair man
- 修繕工場 (しゅうぜんこうじょう) repair shop
- 見繕う (みつくろう) to choose (something) at one's discretion
- 取り繕う (とりつくろう) to keep up (appearances)
- 繕う (つくろう) to mend
- 羽繕い (はづくろい) preening
- 身繕い (みづくろい) dressing oneself
18 words in all.