# 絡 get entangled

糸 (string) + 各 (each) Same-ON
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12 strokes

## Onyomi

RAKU | Each ROCK and roller who got entangled with Courtney Love, wound up committing suicide.

## Mnemonic

| Each string gets entangled with the other string.

## Kunyomi

( を ) から＊む | to get entangled in (a problem, a crime) ★☆☆☆☆
( が ) から＊まる | something gets entangled (unlike からむ、　からまる tends to be used only literally) ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

連絡(れんらく) する | inform ★★★★★ 連 (take with / inform of) + 絡 (get entangled) = 連絡 (inform) to inform, to let someone know. Like, "Let me know if you're coming. Call me when you get there," kind of thing.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
絡 | get entangled | STRING | 糸
格 | character, aspect | TREE | 木
略 | abbreviation | RICEFIELD | 田

You get entangled in STRING,
The Ents are TREEs, who were characters in Lord of the Rings.
And. . . .um . . .and you abbreviate a RICEFIELD when you harvest the rice.

## Synonyms

connected or entangled を絡む に絡まる に関わる 携わる 巻き付く