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Zach

Readings

Kana: レン、もつ.れる
Romaji: ren, motsu.reru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

tangle, knot, fasten, fetter

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  120
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-11
Korean Reading:  ryeon
Chinese Reading:  lian2
Unicode:  7e3a
JIS:  6561

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3592
New Nelson Index: 4565
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6a10.12
Four Corner Index: 2593.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27838
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.1160

Words

縺れ (もつれ)
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble; troubles; snag
縺れる (もつれる)
to get entangled; to get tangled; to tangle; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
舌がもつれる (したがもつれる)
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
縺れ合う (もつれあう)
to entangle themselves together (e.g. of butterflies); to be intertwined
もつれ込む (もつれこむ)
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
手蔓藻蔓 (てづるもづる、テヅルモヅル、テズルモズル)
basket star (any brittlestar of family Euryalina); basket fish
量子もつれ (りょうしもつれ)
quantum entanglement
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