Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to tie; to fasten; to hitch

  2. to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

Also written 繋ぎ留める【つなぎとめる】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tie, fasten, chain, tether, connect

Kun
つな.ぐかか.るか.ける
On
ケイ
Strokes
17
Radical
silk

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-11-6, 2-13-6SKIP code
6a13.4The Kanji Dictionary
5790.3Four corner code
7e4bUnicode hex code
1-23-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3618Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4573New Nelson (John Haig)
2902New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3564Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2655Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2697Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2959Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
27940XMorohashi
xi4, ji4Pinyin reading
gyeKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stop, halt

Kun
と.まる-ど.まりと.める-と.める-ど.めとど.めるとど.めとど.まるや.めるや.む-や.むよ.す-さ.す-さ.し
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
310 of 2500
Radical
stop
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

どめ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-2, 4-4-2SKIP code
2m2.2The Kanji Dictionary
2110.0Four corner code
1273deroo
6b62Unicode hex code
1-27-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2429Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2954New Nelson (John Haig)
2941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3659Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1868Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2545Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
370Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
396Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
400A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
87Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
552Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16253Morohashi
129A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
477Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
485Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
220sakade
202Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
143henshall3
94Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
415crowley
217Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1127Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
376Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi3Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level