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Reading

Kana: わく
Romaji: waku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

frame, framework, spindle, spool, bounding-box, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  922
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-4
Unicode:  67a0
JIS:  4F48

Indexes

Halpern Index: 866
Nelson Index: 2205
New Nelson Index: 2585
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a4.19
Four Corner Index: 4494.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1943
Gakken Index: 2047
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14576
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0248
Remembering the kanji Index: 200
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1421
Kodansha Compact Index: 1082
Kanji in Context Index: 510
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 582
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 771
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 204
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 212
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1077
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1855
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1197

Words

(わく)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; quota
別枠 (べつわく)
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
太枠 (ふとわく)
thick-bordered box or table (in forms, etc.)
枠内 (わくない)
within the limits (framework, boundaries, price, etc.)
枠外 (わくがい)
beyond (the) limits
枠組み (わくぐみ)
frame; framework
ページ枠 (ページわく)
page frame
枠番連勝 (わくばんれんしょう)
bracket win (in horse-racing); bracket quinella
枠線 (わくせん)
grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet); closing line
枠を付ける (わくをつける)
to set a frame; to frame
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