Kanji
N1 19 strokes Grade 8 freq #872

winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up

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)

inward transfer (of money); carry over (money from previous period)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

repetition; repeat
to repeat; to do over again
fundraising; financing
upward move; advance
postponement
to move up; to advance
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope)
extension ladder; aerial ladder
to unfold; to unroll
to postpone; to defer

Example sentences

I've warned you over and over again not to do it.

He kept on telling the same story over and over.

He made a firm resolution never to repeat it.

He keeps telling the same jokes over and over again.