# 結 — Bind

Frequency rank 137 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 水 (Water), less common than 正 (Correct).

- On’yomi: けつ
- Kun’yomi: むす、ゆ
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 12

The boiled cocoon pays out one fine thread and a good luck charm gets lashed to the bride's wrist with it, loop over loop, until the silk cuts to the bone.

In words:

- 結婚 けっこん — marriage
- 結構 けっこう — splendid,enough
- 結ぶ むすぶ — to tie,to bind,to link

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