韋編三絶

Reading

Kana: いへんさんぜつ

Romaji: ihensanzetsu

Definition

noun

vs

1

repeated reading; close (careful) reading; careful perusal

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

韋

Readings: イ、 そむ.く

Meaning: tanned leather radical (no. 178)

編

Readings: ヘン、 あ.む、 -あ.み

Meanings: compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book

三

Readings: サン、 ゾウ、 み、 み.つ、 みっ.つ

Meaning: three

絶

Readings: ゼツ、 た.える、 た.やす、 た.つ

Meanings: discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress