Japanese Word Entry

一縷
Kana:いちる
Romaji:ichiru
Definitions:
  1. slightest connection, slender connection, sliver (e.g. of hope)

  2. one thread


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Chinese characters used in this word

one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧ (yī)
Cantonese: jat1
Japanese: イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hitotsu)、 ひとたび (hitotabi)、 はじめ (hajime)
Korean: 일 (il)
Vietnamese: nhất
Variants
Semantic variant forms:

thread, detailed, precise
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄩˇ (lǚ)
Cantonese: leoi5
Japanese: ル (ru)、 ロウ (rou) / いと (ito)
Korean: 루 (ru), 누 (nu)
Vietnamese: lũ, lâu, lụa
Variants
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