続

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See also: 續, and 续

続 U+7D9A, 続
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D9A
← 継
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 綛 →

Translingual

Traditional 續
Shinjitai 続
Simplified 续

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 續 (賣 → 売)

Han character

続 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火土月山 (VFGBU), composition ⿰糹売)

  1. continue, carry on
  2. succeed

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 926, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27533
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3401, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7D9A

Japanese

Shinjitai

続

Kyūjitai

續

Kanji

続

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 續)

  1. to continue, continuation

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
続
ぞく
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
續 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 續 (MC zjowk).

Pronunciation

  • The pitch accent only applies to the noun sense.

Noun

続(ぞく) • (zoku) 

  1. a continuation
  2. (by extension, literature and other media) next installment

Derived terms

Derived terms

Prefix

続(ぞく) • (zoku-) 

  1. (literature and other media) next installment

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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