Entry
  1. Noun

    something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means

    Formal or literary termUsually written using kana alone

  2. someone to rely on; relative

    Formal or literary termUsually written using kana alone

  3. reminder; memento

    Formal or literary termUsually written using kana alone

Also written 因【よすが】便【よすが】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
ふちふち.どるゆかりよすがへりえにし
On
エン-ネン
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1291 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 44

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-9SKIP code
6a9.10The Kanji Dictionary
2793.2Four corner code
2751deroo
7e01Unicode hex code
1-17-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3585Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4553New Nelson (John Haig)
1386New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1754Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
940Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1269Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1372Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1472Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1362A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2660Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1244Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27656PMorohashi
1030A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1131Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1183Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1641Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1790Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
732Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1548Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1384Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
yeon, danKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level