継 : Inherit

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Components:

糸米

inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)

On 'yomi:

ケイ(kei)

Kun 'yomi:

つ.ぐ(tsu.gu) まま-(mamā)

Strokes:	13
Radical:	糸 (120)
Usage Rating:	743

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	8

Unicode:	07d99
jis208:	23-49

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継 Usage examples

言い継ぐ(いいつぐ) 言継ぐ(いいつぐ)	to transmit by word of mouth
家を継ぐ(いえをつぐ)	to succeed to a house
継電鍵(けいでんけん)	relay key
継夫(けいふ)	second husband
言葉を継ぐ(ことばをつぐ)	to continue (to say)
継ぎ(つぎ)	successor
束縛継承原理(そくばくけいしょうげんり)	binding inheritance principle, BIP
継親(ままおや)	stepparent
継粉(ままこ)	unmixed-in lump of flour
フランジ継手(フランジつぎて) フランジ継ぎ手(フランジつぎて)	flange fitting
管継手(くだつぎて) 管継ぎ手(くだつぎて)	pipe joint
乗り継ぎ(のりつぎ)	transit (passenger), connecting (flight)
中継網(ちゅうけいもう)	transit network (telecommunications, networking), relay network
蟻継ぎ(ありつぎ) 蟻継(ありつぎ)	dovetail joint, swallowtail joint
中継地(ちゅうけいじ)	stopping point, stopover
継続は力なり(けいぞくはちからなり)	persevering through something difficult makes one stronger, slow but steady wins the race
夜を日に継いで(よをひについで)	day and night, turning night into day
皇位継承(こういけいしょう)	(Japanese) imperial succession
継続審査(けいぞくしんさ)	carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim
会期不継続の原則(かいきふけいぞくのげんそく)	principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next
事業継続計画(じぎょうけいぞくけいかく)	business continuity plan, BCP