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繕 means 'mend'

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 2497   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-46    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 19 words   Used in 8 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゼン
Kun
   つくろう to mend, to do repairs
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Learn to talk about smoothing over a gaffe, making excuses, and keeping up appearances. Find out how to say, “Show me clothes you think will look good on me,” “He got dressed quickly,” and “I had my mother mend this sweater.” Consider whether the Japanese view of mending has Shinto underpinnings. And see how a mushroom relates to darning and how beans relate to cloth!
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 繕 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 繕 is used 18 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ゼン : 7 words FIND ALL
し ゅ う ぜ ん 0 し ゅ う ぜ ん 1
repair; mending
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つくろう : 7 words FIND ALL
つ く ろ う 3
Most common form: つくろう
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn; to trim
2. to fix (hair, clothes, appearance etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom
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つくろう (read as づくろ) : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.
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An additional one less common word includes 繕 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1504  Joy o' Kanji : 1504  Key to Kanji: - 

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繕
ゼン   つくろう to mend, to do repairs   
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善
ゼン   virtuous   よい virtous, good   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
䒑
grass   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
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