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

    to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to)

    Usually written using kana alone

    その猫は彼女の着物にまつわりついた。
    The cat clung to her dress.
  2. to follow around; to hang around

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 纏り付く【まとわりつく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect

Kun
まつ.わるまと.うまと.めるまと.まるまと.い
On
テンデン
Strokes
21
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
silk

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-6-15SKIP code
6a16.1The Kanji Dictionary
2091.4Four corner code
7e8fUnicode hex code
1-37-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3624Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4612New Nelson (John Haig)
1432New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1814Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1302Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2663Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2705Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
28043Morohashi
chan2Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
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