Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)

Also written 縒る【よる】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

twist, twine, kinky

Kun
よ.るよ.れるよりひね.る
On
ネン
Strokes
15
Frequency
2398 of 2500
Radical
hand

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3c12.6The Kanji Dictionary
5303.3Four corner code
649aUnicode hex code
1-39-18JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1997Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2278New Nelson (John Haig)
2266Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2365Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12713Morohashi
nian3Pinyin reading
nyeonKorean reading