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

    to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)

    Usually written using kana alone

    怒ったり緊張すると首がつる。
    I feel the tension in my neck, where it gets sore and stiff.

Also written 痙る【つる】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crooked, bent

Kun
つ.るひ.く
On
レン
Strokes
23
Radical
hand

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
2-19-4SKIP code
3c19.3The Kanji Dictionary
2250.2Four corner code
6523Unicode hex code
1-58-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2035Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2320New Nelson (John Haig)
2919New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3635Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13032Morohashi
luan2Pinyin reading
ryeonKorean reading