# 縁 rim / omen

糸 (string) + (snout) + (pigbottom)
★★☆☆☆
15 strokes
JERK PN
JERK： it can mean rim or edge, but also a connection (think of ２ things joined at the edges).

## Onyomi

EN | The rim has no END, you can keep going around it forever.

## Mnemonic

| Tie the string around the rim of the pig's snout, to keep it from biting.

## Kunyomi

ふち | rim or edge of table, cup, picture frame (emphasis is that it's not a point on the edge, it's the ENTIRE edge) KANA ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

縁起(えんぎ) のいい or の悪い | omen ★☆☆☆☆ 縁 (rim / omen) + 起 (wake up / occur) = 縁起 (omen) an omen (can be good or bad)
縁がある(えんがある) | to have a chance, to be linked by fate ★☆☆☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
緑 | green | WATER | 水
縁 | rim / omen | HOUSE | 家
録 | record | GOLD | 金

The WATER is green,

but the rim of the HOUSE is clean.

If you record music you'll get a GOLD record.

## Synonyms

border, edge 国境 境 境界 縁 端 末 先 外れ 際
portent, omen 吉 縁起の悪い 吉兆
sign or symptom 兆候 前兆 縁起 直感