affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink

On'yomi
エン、-ネン
Kun'yomi
ふち、ふち.どる、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし
Parts
小幺ヨ糸豕similar kanji →
JLPT N215 strokesSecondary#1291 most commonU+7E01

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Words using 縁

  • 因縁いんねんfate; destinyN5
  • 縁ふちrim; brim; edge; brinkN5
  • 縁起えんぎomen; sign of luckN5
  • 縁側えんがわengawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese housesN5
  • 縁談えんだんmarriage proposal; marriage talksN5
  • 額縁がくぶち(picture) frameN5
  • 血縁けつえんblood relationship; consanguinityN5
  • 絶縁ぜつえんbreaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)N5
  • 無縁むえんunrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to oneN5
  • 縁ゆかりconnection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinityN3
  • 縁えんfate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)N3
  • 縁遠いえんどおいunconnected; weakly related; alien; far beyond (one's means, ability)N3
  • 縁家えんかrelated familyN3
  • 縁故えんこrelation; connection; affinityN3
  • 縁語えんごuse of related words to enhance expression (in classical Japanese poetry or prose); semantically related wordsN3
  • 縁籍えんせきrelativesN3
  • 縁台えんだいbenchN3
  • 求縁きゅうえんcourtshipN3
  • 旧縁きゅうえんold relationship; old acquaintanceN3
  • 近縁きんえんclose relation (association)N3