darning, repair, mend, trim
Also: tidy up, adjust
On'yomi (音読み)
- ゼン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- つくろ.う
About this kanji
The kanji 繕 (つくろ) primarily means to mend or repair, often related to fixing clothing or objects. It's commonly used as a verb in forms like 繕う (つくろう), meaning 'to mend.' You can also find it in compounds like 修繕 (しゅうぜん), which means 'repair,' and 営繕 (えいぜん), referring to 'maintenance and repair.' 繕い (つくろい) can mean 'mending' as a noun. A useful note is that the kanji often carries a sense of not only fixing something but also tidying it up or making it neat.
Example sentences
彼は古い服を繕って着ている。
He is wearing his old clothes after mending them.
Meanings across languages
- English
- darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust
- Tiếng Việt
- hàn lại
- 日本語
- 繕う
- 한국어
- 수선
- 中文
- 修补
- id
- memperbaiki, perbaikan, menyulam, rapi, penyesuaian
- th
- การปะ, ซ่อมแซม, ซ่อม, ปรับ
- es
- remendar, reparar, arreglar, ajustar
- fr
- raccommodage, réparation, repriser, ranger, ajuster
- de
- Stopfen, Reparatur, Ausbesserung, Trim, Ordnung, Anpassung
- pt
- remendo, reparo, conserto, organização, ajuste
Common compounds
- 修繕しゅうぜんrepair, mending
- 繕うつくろうto mend, to patch up, to repair
- 営繕えいぜんmaintenance and repair, upkeep (of equipment)
- 繕いつくろいmending, repair, darning
- 繕草つくろいぐさJapanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
- 修繕工しゅうぜんこうrepair man
- 修繕費しゅうぜんひcost of repairs, repair costs
- 身繕いみづくろいdressing oneself, personal grooming
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