EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 9
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling

    ボイラは湯あかがびっしりついた。
    The boiler was heavily scaled.
  2. to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye

  3. to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)

  4. to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

  5. to take root

  6. to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with

  7. to side with; to belong to

  8. to possess; to haunt

    see 憑く

  9. to be lit; to catch fire; to ignite; to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.)

    see 点く

  10. to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided

  11. to be given (of a name, price, etc.)

  12. to be sensed; to be perceived

  13. to be lucky

    from 運がつく

  14. Suffix, Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to become (a state, condition, etc.)

    after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic wordssee 付くsee づく

Also written 附く【つく】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

adhere, attach, refer to, append

Kun
つ.ける、-つ.ける、-づ.ける、つ.け、つ.け-、-つ.け、-づ.け、-づけ、つ.く、-づ.く、つ.き、-つ.き、-つき、-づ.き、-づき
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
322 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

つけ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-3SKIP code
2a3.6The Kanji Dictionary
2420.0Four corner code
2148deroo
4ed8Unicode hex code
1-41-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
363Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
124New Nelson (John Haig)
31New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1000Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1075Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
251A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
126Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
259Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
373Morohashi
574A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
192Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
192Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
502sakade
302Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
602henshall3
454Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
365Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
62Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1009Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level