Kanji
N2 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #806

entwine, coil around, get caught in

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

silk ito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

contacting; (making) contact
short circuit; short
logical connection; chain of reasoning
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

linkage; entanglement
to be entwined; to be involved
to twine; to get tangled
to intertwine; to become entangled
contacting; getting in touch

Example sentences

He sent me the message by telephone.

I couldn't get him on the phone.

A long thread is easily entangled.

The net got entangled in the propeller.