Kanji 繕: darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust

Key takeaways

Kanji 繕: darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

繕

Meaning

darningrepairmendtrimtidy upadjust

On reading

ゼン

Kun reading

つくろ.う

Radical

糸

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 繕

darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust

Kanji structure breakdown

繕

Structure breakdown

糸 + 善

Mnemonic story

Using thread (糸) to mend a hole and make the item good (善) as new represents the act of repairing. It conveys the idea of fixing something worn out to restore it to its original, functional state.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ゼン

修繕しゅうぜん
repair / mending / fixing

Kun reading

つくろ.う

繕うつくろう
to mend / to repair / to tidy up

Commonly used words

修繕
しゅうぜん
repair / mending / fixing
繕う
つくろう
to mend / to repair / to tidy up

Example sentences

Example 1

服の穴を繕う。

Translation

I mend a hole in the clothes.

Example 2

文章の誤字を繕った。

Translation

I corrected the spelling mistake in the text.

Example 3

壁のひびを修繕しました。

Translation

I repaired the crack in the wall.

Example 4

家の屋根を修繕する必要がある。

Translation

The roof of the house needs repair.

Kanji 繕: darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust

Kanji at a glance

Core meaning / core image

Kanji structure breakdown

Mnemonic story

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

Kun reading

Commonly used words

Example sentences

繕う (つくろう): meaning and examples

修繕 (しゅうぜん): meaning and examples