Results, 木に縁りて魚を求む

木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむkiniyoriteuowomotomu】

expression:

  • to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

Kanji definition:

木
常用１年JLPTN5

ボクBOKU・モクMOKU・きki・こ~ko

tree; wood

Strokes:
4
Radical:
木 tree
SKIP:
4-4-3
UTF:
6728
JIS208:
44-58
Nanori:
ぐgu・もmo・もとmoto
Hangul:
목 [mog] ・ 모 [mo]
Pinyin:
mù
Stroke order:
Example words:
木【きki】
tree; shrub; bush; / wood; timber
木造【もくぞうmokuzou】
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
青木【あおきaoki】
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; / live tree
木材【もくざいmokuzai】
lumber; timber; wood
土木【どぼくdoboku】
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
縁
常用中学校JLPTN1

エンEN・~ネン-NEN・ふちfuchi・ふちどるfuchido.ru・ゆかりyukari・よすがyosuga・へりheri・えにしenishi

affinity; relation; connection; edge; border; verge; brink

Strokes:
15
Radical:
糸糹 silk, thread
SKIP:
1-6-9
UTF:
7e01
JIS208:
17-79
Hangul:
연 [yeon] ・ 단 [dan]
Pinyin:
yuán
Stroke order:
Example words:
縁【ふちfuchi】
rim; brim; edge; brink
無縁【むえんmuen】
unrelated; irrelevant; indifferent; / without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; / unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
縁起【えんぎengi】
omen; sign of luck; / origin; history; causation; / dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
縁側【えんがわengawa】
veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor; / bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
縁談【えんだんendan】
marriage proposal; marriage talks
魚
常用２年JLPTN4

ギョGYO・うおuo・さかなsakana・~ざかな zakana

fish

Strokes:
11
Radical:
魚 fish
SKIP:
2-7-4
UTF:
9b5a
JIS208:
21-91
Nanori:
いi
Hangul:
어 [eo]
Pinyin:
yú
Stroke order:
Example words:
魚【さかなsakana】
fish
金魚【きんぎょkingyo】
goldfish
魚介類【ぎょかいるいgyokairui】
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
鮮魚【せんぎょsengyo】
fresh fish
熱帯魚【ねったいぎょnettaigyo】
tropical fish
求
常用４年JLPTN3

キュウKYUU・グGU・もとめるmoto.meru

request; want; wish for; require; demand

Strokes:
7
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
4-7-3
UTF:
6c42
JIS208:
21-65
Hangul:
구 [gu]
Pinyin:
qiú
Stroke order:
Example words:
要求【ようきゅうyoukyuu】
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
請求【せいきゅうseikyuu】
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
求人【きゅうじんkyuujin】
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
求刑【きゅうけいkyuukei】
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
身代金要求【みのしろきんようきゅうminoshirokin'youkyuu】
ransom demand

Kanji

木

ボクBOKU・モクMOKU・きki・こ~ko

tree; wood

縁

エンEN・~ネン-NEN・ふちfuchi・ふちどるfuchido.ru・ゆかりyukari・よすがyosuga・へりheri・えにしenishi

affinity; relation; connection; edge; border; verge; brink


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