# 継 succeed / inherit

糸 (string) + L (loser) + 米 (rice / America)
★★★☆☆
13 strokes
not 'succeed' like to win, but to succeed someone at a position.

## Onyomi

KEI |

## Mnemonic

| It's OK to inherit a ball of string and a bag of rice from a loser.

## Kunyomi

つ*ぐ | to inherit. Or to get a job because the last person quit. Or to become king, because the old king got mysteriously sick and died. ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

跡継ぎ(あとつぎ) | heir/heiress ☆☆☆☆☆ 跡 (vestiges) + 継 (succeed / inherit) = 跡継ぎ (heir/heiress) an inheritor, an heir, heiress
継続(けいぞく) する | to carry on ☆☆☆☆☆ 継 (succeed / inherit) + 続 (continue) = 継続 (to carry on) to carry on (the family business / a tradition)