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Fasten Tongue 括 カツ くく.る Tie Arrest Constrict

Kanji
Onyomi カツ
Kunyomi くく.る
English fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict
Examples 一括(いっかつ): all together; batch; one lump; one bundle; summing up
括弧(かっこ): parentheses; brackets
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1026
Components 手: hand
舌: tongue; reed; clapper
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 64
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading て・てへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword fasten
Koohii Story 1 Teacher was always telling us to fasten our lips by pulling a zipper shut with our fingers. It always frightened me because I imagined getting my tongue stuck in the zipper.
Koohii Story 2 On the plane, you refuse to FASTEN your seatbelt and even go so far as to give the stewardess the finger and stick out your tongue at her. The crew comes and pins you down and forces you to FASTEN it.
RTK Index 661

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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